WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where did the people obtained gold
A
South India
B
Mesopotamia
C
Oman
D
Afghanistan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The deepest gold mines of the Ancient world were found in the Maski region in Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Harappans got the raw materials from various places. They got copper probably from present-day Rajasthan, and also from Oman. Tin was brought from Afghanistan and Iran. Gold was brought may be from Karnataka.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metals such as copper, lead, gold, bronze and silver were used by the metallurgists of Indus Valley. Several crucibles of copper slag are discovered here, which marks the beginning of metallurgy. In this era, Gold and silver were employed as ornaments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gold, copper, silver, bronze metals were known to Indus Valley Civilization but not iron. The Indus valley people or Harappan people not discovered iron.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gold was almost certainly imported from the group of settlements that sprang up in the vicinity of the goldfields of northern Karnataka, and copper could have come from several sources-principally from Rajasthan.

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