HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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the Harappan Empire was highly centralized and relied on an extensive bureaucracy to govern its dominions
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the Harappans were a loosely-organized confederation of city states
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the Harappans shared a common culture but there is little evidence regarding their exact political structure
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the Harappans lived in large city states that were constantly at war with one another
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus River Valley Civilization, also known as Harappan civilization, developed the first accurate system of standardized weights and measures, some as accurate as to 1.6 mm. Harappans created sculpture, seals, pottery, and jewelry from materials, such as terracotta, metal, and stone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indus civilization, also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Only material and physical evidences give us information about Harappan Civilisation and these are: (i) Remains of cities and towns. (ii) Beads, querns, stone blades and pots. (iii) Burials and bones of animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -The civilization flourished in the river basins of the Ghaggar-Hakra river and the Indus. Indus valley civilization is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world. It is also known as Harappan Civilization and is well-known for its organized planning based on the grid system.
Detailed explanation-5: -The people of the valley had built their cities with proper planning and with a fixed pattern. Some essential structures of the town are the streets, closed drainage system, the great bath, granaries and buildings.