WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement about the early Indus River valley civilization is an opinion rather than a fact?
A
Farmers grew a surplus of barley, wheat, and dates.
B
The Indus people developed a system of writing.
C
Planned cities indicated a use of technology.
D
The Indus city-states were the most developed of the time period.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -There were no mummies, no emperors, and no violent wars or bloody battles in their territory. Remarkably, the lack of all these is what makes the Indus Valley civilization so exciting and unique.

Detailed explanation-2: -The cities of the ancient Indus had “social hierarchies, their writing system, their large planned cities and their long-distance trade [which] mark them to archaeologists as a full-fledged ‘civilisation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is The port cities are Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Detailed explanation-4: -The birthplace of Hinduism is Indus River Valley which runs through northwest India into Pakistan. The Indus Valley civilization, or “Harappan civilization” originated sometime around 4, 500-5, 000 B.C.E. and reached its zenith between 2300 to 2000 BC.

Detailed explanation-5: -Indus civilization, also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about 2500–1700 bce, though the southern sites may have lasted later into the 2nd millennium bce.

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