CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Printing Press
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Planned Cities
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Paper (from trees)
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indus people were the first to build planned cities with scientific drainage system. The Indus cities were built on an uniform plan. Town planning was amazing in nature. A few cities have citadels to the West built on higher platform and to the east of which is the hub of residential area.
Detailed explanation-2: -Important innovations of this civilization include standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Both cities were planned, unlike cities in other ancient civilizations, which had grown from villages to towns to cities. They were built on a grid pattern, with wide roads dividing them in rectangular or square blocks packed with mud-brick buildings. Many of the buildings were several stories high.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus Valley civilization cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa are believed to be the world’s earliest planned cities.
Detailed explanation-5: -One of the most remarkable achievements of the Indus Valley people was their sophisticated city planning. The cities of the early Mesopotamians were a jumble of buildings connected by a maze of winding streets. In contrast, the people of the Indus laid out their cities on a precise grid system.