The Harappan Civilisation — Flashcards

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It is called the Indus Valley Civilisation because some of its important early excavated sites are located in the valley of the river Indus. The name Harappan Civilisation comes from Harappa, the firs…

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The discovery pushed back the history of India by at least a thousand years. It showed that a highly developed civilisation existed in north-western India long before the period once thought to be the…

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Harappa was first excavated by Daya Ram Sahni in 1921-22. Mohenjo-daro was first excavated by Rakhal Das Banerji in 1922. Both discoveries were important in revealing the Harappan Civilisation.

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Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were about 640 km apart, yet the objects found at both sites showed strange similarity. This helped establish that the two sites belonged to the same civilisation.

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The Great Bath is one of the largest public buildings at Mohenjo-daro. It is a large rectangular tank in a courtyard, surrounded by a corridor on all four sides, with steps leading down into the tank.

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The Great Bath shows advanced building skill, planning for water supply and sewage, and the possible existence of a ruling class. Its standardised bricks and careful design show that the Harappans pla…

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The Citadel was the raised area of each Harappan city. It was built on mud brick platforms and separated from the lower town by a wall. Important buildings such as the Great Bath, granary, assembly ha…

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The Citadel suggests careful city planning, political organisation, and social division. The presence of important buildings and elite houses shows that the society was not random; it had organised ad…