CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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People were warriors
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They had excellent plumbing skills
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They imported grain
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Women were the rulers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are believed to be the first in the world to clean the city using drainage and sewer systems. Families were able to get fresh water from wells all around the city and store it in their homes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus were the first people to have indoor plumbing, perhaps as early as 3000 BC. The pipes were positioned so that wastewater flowed down into the drain ditches that ran along every avenue in the city, and then into underground tunnels.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most unique feature of Mohenjodaro was the planned urban centre: (i) The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much larger. (ii) On the Citadel buildings were constructed on mud brick platforms. (iii) The Lower Town was walled and buildings were built on platforms.
Detailed explanation-4: -All the streets and lanes across neighbourhoods in Mohenjo-daro had drains. In addition there was also provision for managing wastewater inside the houses with vertical pipes in the walls that led to chutes opening on to the street, as well as drains from bathing floors that flowed towards the street drains.