CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Dancing Girl
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Weapon Making
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Red and Black Pottery
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Seals
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Detailed explanation-1: -The artists and craftsmen of the Indus Valley were extremely skilled in a variety of crafts-metal casting, stone carving, making and painting pottery and making terracotta images using simplified motifs of animals, plants and birds.
Detailed explanation-2: -This seal was found in the 1870s and led to the discovery of an ancient civilisation in the Indus Valley. It was probably used to close documents and mark packages of goods. This suggests that the Indus civilisation was part of an extensive long-distance trading network.
Detailed explanation-3: -Seals and Pots :The seals of the Harappan Civilization were mainly square-shaped and made from a stone called steatite. These seals bear pictures of animals. They include pictures of real animals like bulls, buffaloes, oxen, elephants, rhinos, tigers etc. and also of imaginary ones like the unicorn.