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Culture Documents
- 2500 BC to 1700 BC
Manda (JK)
Daimabad
(MAH)
> Town Planning
- Drainage system made up of mortar, lime and gypsum and have brick slab
as a covers.
> Society:
> Script:
- pictographic and logosyllabic
- boustrophedon ( left to right then right to left in alternate line) script
2
> Imports:
- gold = Afghan, Iran, Kolar
(1) Harappa
- Punjab (pak)
- Ravi river
- Dayaram Sahani 1921
- Discoveries:
• 6 Granaries
• coffin burials, cemetery
• Single room barrack.
• Lingam and Yoni
• Dice
• mother goddess (tick this if Mohenjo daro is not in the option)
(2) Mohenjo-Daro
- sindh (pak)
- Indus River
- RD Banerji 1922
- Discoveries
• Assembly hall
• great bath (for rituals)
• College of priest
- Discoveries:
- Dockyard
- Rice husks
- houses entrances on the Main Street.
- ivory scale
- terracotta model of ship
- Fire altars
- Ghaggar river
- Discoveries:
- Ploughed field
- bangle factory
- bones of camel
- no drainage system
- fire altars
(5) Chanhu-Daro
- Discoveries:
- bead, seals, ornaments at site
- no fortified structure
- only city without citadel
- Clay model of four wheeler
- bronze model of roof chariot (Bronze toy)
- link pot, lipstick, terracotta model of bullock cart
(6) Rangpur
- Gujarat,near lothal
- Madar river
- MS Vatsa 1931, SR Rao 1953
- Discoveries:
- Flakes
(7) Banwali
- Hisar(HAR)
- Rangoi river
- RS Bist 1973
- Discoveries:
- High quality barley, fire altars, clay model of plough,
- Hindon river
- YD Sharma 1958
- Discoveries:
(9) Koti-Diji
- Sindh (PAK)
- Sindh river
- Ghurey 1835
Fazal Ahmed 1955
- Discoveries:
- house made of stones
- Sindh (PAK)
- Sindh river
- Ghurey 1835
- Discoveries:
(11) Ropar
- Punjab
- Sutlej river
- YD Sharma 1955
- Discoveries:
- dog buried with human
- oval pit burials
- Bhuj(GUJ)
- JP Joshi 1964
- Discoveries:
(13) Dholavira
- kachchh (GUJ)
- JP Joshi 1990
- Discoveries:
- Giant water reservoir
- Dashak river
- A.Stein,George Dales.
- Discoveries:
- earthen Bangles
- once was a port but later cutoff due to coastal upliftment
(15) Rakhigiri
- at Haryana
- Discoveries:
- largest Indus Valley site
- 3 phase of Harappa culture.
(16) Daimabad
- Maharashtra
- Parvana river
- Discoveries:
bronze image.
> Seals
- harappan seals have been found in Mesopotamian cities like Susa and Ur.
of 1,2,8,16,32,64,160,320,640,1600,3200.