HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Shang
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Indus
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Sumerian
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The domestication of animals during the Indus Valley Civilisation was a common practice. These animals included cats, dogs, birds, cows, goats, and buffaloes used in trade and agriculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was also apparent that cattle were in some way important in Harappan ideology, for some of the seal-tablets recovered at sites such as Harappa and Mohenjo daro show cow-women and perhaps a bull-man (Figs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists at the Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, and the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, have produced genetic evidence to establish that the river buffalo was first domesticated in India, from where it reached Mesopotamia and spread to other parts of the world.
Detailed explanation-4: -Horse animals was not known to the people of Indus Valley Civilisation.