CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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The cities were well planed and lasted for 1000 of years
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The cities were very bad
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Features of Urban Planning i) Each city was divided into two parts-the raised area called the ‘Citadel’ and the ‘lower town. ‘ ii) The main streets followed a grid pattern running from north to south or from east to west. iii) The houses at street corners were rounded to allow carts to pass easily.
Detailed explanation-2: -People of the Indus valley civilization were hygienic. There were well-planned drainage systems, dustbins made of bricks, and a great bath. Archaeologists have found that there are no temples in the Indus valley but the people used to worship ox, and trees like peepal.
Detailed explanation-3: -The town planning scheme used by the Harappan Civilization was grid-based, with streets and alleyways cutting across one another almost at right angles to divide the city into numerous rectangular blocks. Each of the cities of Harappa, Mohenjodaro, and Kalibangan had a fortress built on a tall mud-brick pedestal.