HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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It left behind many written records.
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Its cities show a high level of planning.
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It had a highly organized religion.
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Its royal tombs hold many artifacts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The Indus Valley civilisation cities were well-planned. The excavation of the sites prove that the houses, streets, drainage system and sanitation were brilliantly organised.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls. These massive walls likely protected the Harappans from floods and may have deterred military conflicts.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians know less about Indus Valley civilizations than other early groups because their writing system has yet to be deciphered. Archaeological digs, however, let us know they had advanced and highly planned cities with grid systems, brick platforms, centralized protected citadels, and plumbing.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why do historians believe that cities in the Indus River valley had organized governments? Historians learned this through reading ancient texts. Historians believe this because the cities were built on a river. Historians think this because of the uniform nature of the cities.