WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the smallest unit of measurement the Indus Valley CIvilization had?
A
1.6 inches
B
23 centimeters
C
1.6 millimeters
D
0.004 inches
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The smallest division, approximately 1.6 mm, was marked on an ivory scale found in Lothal, a prominent Indus Valley city in the modern Indian state of Gujarat. It stands as the smallest division ever recorded on a Bronze Age scale.

Detailed explanation-2: -Weights and Measurement: Their smallest division, as shown on an ivory scale discovered in Lothal, Gujarat, was around 1.704 mm, the tiniest partition documented on the Bronze Age scale.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: The people of Indus valley had a uniform system of weights and measures, this is indicated by the archaeological finds at different places. The weights, usually made of a stone called chert and generally cubical, with no markings. The lower denominations of weights were binary (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Egyptian cubit, the Indus Valley units of length referred to above, and the Mesopotamian cubit were used in the 3rd millennium BC and are the earliest known units used by ancient peoples to measure length.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to one estimate, the population of the Indus civilisation at its peak may have been between one and five million. The civilisation extended from Balochistan in the west to western Uttar Pradesh in the east, from northeastern Afghanistan in the north to Gujarat state in the south.

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