Question

2. Assertion (A): Assyrians of Mesopotamian civilization were conlemporaries of
Indus civilization.
Reason (R) : The document of an Asyrian ruler refer to the ships of Meluha.
a) A and R are correct and A explains R
b) Aand Rare correct but A does not explain R
Ais incorrect and R is correct
d) Both A and Rare incorrect.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

is the answer because (A) explains (R):

• The Indus Valley Civilization also existed about the same time period of Assyrians which were a part of Mesopotamian civilization.

• Meluḫḫa or Melukhkha is the Sumerian name of a prominent trading partner of Sumer.

• It was during the Middle Bronze Age.

• Its identification remains an open question.

• Most historians relate it to the Indus Valley Civilization.

• Indications are there for goods-transportation from Sumer to Lothal Gujarat in western India and later shipped from there to Oman, Bahrain, and Sumer.

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