B. Name the following.
1. A structure comprising 20 pillars arranged in four rows
2. Surplus of food grains were stored here
3. The water reservoir in Mohenjo-Daro which was filled up
for
religious rituals and ceremonies
4. A port city of the Indus Valley civilisation
5 Name of the trading colony discovered in Northeast Afghanistan
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Answer:
1.) The Assembly Hall
The Assembly hall is a squared pillar hall having 20 pillars arranged in four rows. it may have been used for collective prayers by the people. it was discovered in ruins as a part of the Indus Valley Civilization.
2.) The Great Granary
The Great Granary must have been used for storing grains by the Harappan Civilization for times of droughts or famines. It is a brick structure that was built on a massive brick foundation over 45 meters north south and 45 meters east-west.
3.) The Great Bath
The Great Bath dates to the 3rd millennium bce and is believed to have been used for ritual bathing. The Great Bath is part of a large citadel complex that was found in the 1920s during excavations of Mohenjo-daro, one of the main centres of the Indus civilization.
4.) Lothal
Lothal is one of the most prominent cities of the ancient Indus valley civilization, located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat and dating from 3700 BCE.
5.) Shortugai
Shortugai (Shortughai) was an Indus Valley Civilization trading colony established around 2000 BC on the Oxus river (Amu Darya) near the lapis lazuli mines in northern Afghanistan.
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