HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Electric Lights
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Wells for storing water
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A sewer system that allowed people to have indoor bathrooms
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Bath is part of a large citadel complex that was found in the 1920s during excavations of Mohenjo-daro, one of the main centres of the Indus civilization. The bath is built of fine brickwork and measures 897 square feet (83 square metres).
Detailed explanation-2: -Features. The Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro is called the “earliest public water tank of the ancient world". It measures approximately 12 metres (40 ft) by 7 metres (23 ft), with a maximum depth of 2.4 metres (8 ft). Two wide staircases, one from the north and one from the south, served as the entry to the structure.
Detailed explanation-3: -A bronze statuette dubbed the “Dancing Girl", 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) high and about 4, 500 years old, was found in ‘HR area’ of Mohenjo-daro in 1926; it is now in the National Museum, New Delhi.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was one of the earliest cities in the world, one of the most advanced of its time, and one of the first to be a major centre of a Bronze Age culture, the Indus Valley Civilisation.
Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, the correct option is C) Underground drainage systems.