WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ruins of ancient city Mohenjodaro provides evidence of an early system of town planning. These ruins date back to the beginning of ____ millennium bce.
A
15th
B
2nd
C
3rd
D
None of these options
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro – built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. – lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower town, which is laid out according to strict rules, provide evidence of an early system of town planning.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ruins of two ancient cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro (both in modern-day Pakistan), and the remnants of many other settlements, have revealed great clues to this mystery. Harappa was, in fact, such a rich discovery that the Indus Valley Civilization is also called the Harappan civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roughly 4, 500 years ago, as many as 35, 000 people lived and worked in the massive city, which occupies 250 acres along Pakistan’s Indus river. Mohenjo Daro sat beneath the soil for thousands of years, a preserved relic of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

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