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Bricks, Beads And Bones
Mention any two points indicating that our knowledge about some important aspects of the Harappans' life is incomplete.
When it comes to reconstructing past, it is usually hard to be sure of any thing. Because we tend move from ' Known to unknown' or form present to past. Although we know many aspects about Harappan civilization for example economy, about society but there are still aspects that we are still not sure of, for example:
1. How was their religious life. Did they worship nature or did they worship something else. For example Proto Shiva.
2. Did there exist gender differences, or how come their burial shows no distictions.
3. We still cannot read Harappan scripts hence we are still not sure were people of Harappans were literate o not.
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Look at following fig. 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?
Fig. A Harappan Burial
Describe some of the distinctive features of Mohenjodaro.
List the raw materials required for craft production in the Harappan Civilisation and discuss how these might have been obtained.
Discuss how archaeologists reconstruct the past.
Discuss the functions that may have been performed by rulers in Harappan society.
On given map, use a pencil to circle 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.
Find out if there are any museums in your town. Visit one of them and write a report on any ten items, describing how old they are, where they were found and why you think they are on display.
Collect illustrations of ten things made of stone, metal and clay produced and used at present. Compare these with the pictures of the Harappan civilisation in this chapter, and discuss the similarities and differences that you find.
Mention the two sections of the Harappan settlements and give one main feature of each.
Mention two features of Harappan cities.
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