Question

Answer the following questions in two to three sentences. [20]

1) Give two main features of the religion of the Indus Valley people.

2) Mention two reasons to show that the Indus Valley people had good sense of town planning.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Religious beliefs of the people of Indus Valley Civilisation:

Seals form an important source of information about the religious life of the Harappans. Apart from the discovery of fire altar from Kalibangan, no cult objects, temples or places of worship have been found.

2) The Indus Valley religion is polytheistic and is made up of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. There are many seals to support the evidence of the Indus Valley Gods. Some seals show animals which resemble the two gods, Shiva and Rudra. Other seals depict a tree which the Indus Valley.