WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these cities were one of the two major cities of Ancient India?
A
Catal Huruk
B
Babylon
C
Jericho
D
Harappa
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus civilization is known to have consisted of two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, and more than 100 towns and villages, often of relatively small size.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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-5: -Harappa and Mohenjo-daro 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-6: -Harappa is 4700 years old city in the subcontinent, discovered in 1920. After its discovery cities like Mohenjodaro, Lothal, Dholavira and Kalibangan have also been discovered and are known as the Harappan cities as were discovered after Harappa.

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