Question
Download Solution PDFThe dockyard was found in which of the following sites of Indus valley civilization?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Lothal.
Key Points
- In Lothal Dockyard was found.
- List of Important sites with their features:
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Harappa (Pakistan) Located on the bank of the Ravi river. |
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| Mohenjodaro (Pakistan) Located on the bank of the Indus river. Discovered in Larkana District Of Sind by R. D Banerjee in 1922. Mohenjodaro means "Mount of the dead”. Also called an oasis of Sindh. |
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| Chanhudaro (Pakistan) Located on the bank of the Indus river. Discovered by NG Majumdar. |
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Dholavira (Gujarat) Located on the bank of Luni river. |
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Banawali (Fatehabad) Located on the bank of the Ghaggar river |
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| Rakhigarhi (Hissar)
Located on the bank of the Ghaggar river. Discovered By Vasant Shinde. |
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| Sutkagendor (Pakistan) Baluchistan on Dast river. |
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Lothal (Gujarat) Located on the bank of the Bhogwa river. |
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Additional Information
- The Indus Valley Civilization was spread from present-day North-East Afghanistan to Pakistan and North-West India.
- The civilization flourished in the river basins of the Ghaggar-Hakra river and the Indus.
- Indus valley civilization is one of the four oldest civilizations in the world.
- It is also known as Harappan Civilization and is well-known for its organized planning based on the grid system.
Important facts to be remembered.
- Social features:-
- Indus valley civilization is the first urbanization in India.
- It has a well-planned drainage system, grid pattern, and town planning.
- They have possessed equality in society.
- Religious Facts:-
- Matridevi or Shakti is the Mother goddess.
- Yoni worship and Nature worship existed.
- They worshipped trees like Peepal.
- They also worshipped Fire worship called Havan Kund.
- Pashupati Mahadeva is known as the lord of Animals.
- The people of the Indus Valley Civilization worshipped Animal worship like unicorns and ox.
- Economic facts:-
- Indus valley civilization is based on agriculture.
- Trade and commerce flourished in this period.
- A dockyard has been found at Lothal.
- There were export and import.
- Production of cotton was there.
- At Lothal, weights and measures of truth existed in Harappan culture was seen.
- The weights and were usually cubical in shape and were made of limestone, steatite, etc
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