Would you agree that the drainage system in Harappan cities indicates town planning? Give reasons for your answer.
Yes, I agree with that the drainage system in Harappan cities which indicates the town planning. I can cite the following reasons in support of my answer.
•The drainage system needed a planning for its execution. It seems that first drainages were laid out and then houses were built along with the drains. Every house was supposed to have at least one wall along a street to allow the domestic waste water to flow out in the street drains. The plans of the lower town show that roads and streets were laid out along an approximate grid pattern, intersecting at right angles.
•It appears that human settlement was made by planning from the beginning. The city was restricted to a fixed area on the platforms.
•Bricks, sundried or baked, were of standard ratio. The length and breadth of bricks were of four times and twice the height respectively These bricks were used at all the settlements of the Harappan Civilisation.
List the items of food available to people in Harappan cities. Identify the groups who would have provided these.
Would you agree that the drainage system in Harappan cities indicates town planning? Give reasons for your answer.
List the raw materials required for craft production in the Harappan Civilisation and discuss how these might have been obtained.
List the materials used to make beads in the Harappan Civilisation. Describe the process by which any one kind of bead was made.
Look at figure 1.30 (See NCERT page-26) and describe what you see. How is the body placed? What are the objects placed near it? Are there any artefacts on the body? Do these indicate the sex of the skeleton?
List the items of food available to people in Harappan cities. Identify the groups who would have provided these.
On the given map, use a pencil to circle the sites where evidence of agriculture has been recovered. Mark an X against sites where there is evidence of craft production and R against sites where raw materials were found.
How do archaeologists trace socio-economic differences in Harappan society? What are the differences that they notice? [Delhi, All India 2009, 2011]