CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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There are small houses and large mansions, telling us there was a very wealthy class of people and the others
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The Hindu Kush Mountains, Himilayas
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The Indus and the Ganges
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Citadels are fortified and have 40 foot walls
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Detailed explanation-1: -A lot about the social life of the people of Indus Valley Civilization is told by the ruins and pieces of evidence found in Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. The people of the civilization were divided into four classes: the learned class, the warriors, traders and artisans, and manual labourers or the working class.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first farmers liked living near the river because it kept the land green and fertile for growing crops. These farmers lived together in villages which grew over time into large ancient cities, like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. The Indus people needed river water to drink, wash and to irrigate their fields.
Detailed explanation-3: -Archaeologists study burials to find out social or economic differences. At burials in Harappan sites the dead were generally laid in pits 4. Sometimes, there were differences in the way the burial pit was made in some instances, the hollowed-out spaces were lined with bricks.
Detailed explanation-4: -The caste system had four main groups: the Brahmins consisting of priests and kings; the Kshatriyas, the warriors and aristocrats; the Vaishyas, cultivators, artisans and merchants; and the Shudras or peasants and serfs. In addition, was the concept of Varna, which depended upon the person’s chosen profession.