Answer the following in short.
1. What was the extent of the Harappan Civilisation?
2. What suggests that the Indus Valley people were fond of Yoga?
3. Which gods and goddesses were worshipped by the people of the Harappan Civilisation?
4. How did the Indus Valley Civilisation get its name?
5. What are the characteristics of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
Answers
Answer:
1 The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley. Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were located in present-day Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively. Its extent reached as far south as the Gulf of Khambhat and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.
2. The bearded man statue suggest that Indus valley people were fond of yoga and meditation.
3.Lord Pashupati and Mother Goddess.
4.As Indus river lies near this civilization .
5.The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley. Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were located in present-day Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively. Its extent reached as far south as the Gulf of Khambhat and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.