CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Burials. More than two hundred bodies have been dug out at the excavated Harappan sites. The burials were primarily conducted in large pits, sometimes oval or even rectangular. They were lined with mud bricks.
Detailed explanation-2: -What religion did the Indus Valley Civilisation believe in? It’s thought the religion practised by Indus Valley people was a mix of early Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Archaeologists have discovered symbols and artwork that depicts a great father and mother figure that may have been their principal gods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Harappans used different kinds of burial systems like extended burials in a pit, secondary burials, urn burials (suggesting cremation) among others. The head of the dead was normally laid towards the North and commonly used items were used as grave goods which were buried along with the dead.