WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What two major cities developed in the Indus River Valley?
A
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
B
Mecca and Jerusalem
C
Sumer and Babylonia
D
Egypt and Kush
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Urban infrastructure and architecture. By 2600 BCE, small Early Harappan communities had developed into large urban centers. These cities include Harappa, Ganeriwala, and Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan and Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Rupar, and Lothal in modern-day India.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was located in modern-day India and Pakistan, and covered an area as large as Western Europe. Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were the two great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, emerging around 2600 BCE along the Indus River Valley in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The cities had proper town planning of houses, roads, drains and so on. The citadel was in height because the building was situated in the citadel on mud-brick platforms. This area was separated by walls from the Lower Town. The main streets of the Harappan cities were built according to a grid pattern.

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