D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. What did the thick forests provide to the people of Indus Valley?
2. List the occupations of the Indus Valley people.
3. What type of climate did the Indus Valley have?
4. How was the dress of the men of Indus Valley different from that of women ?
5. Why did the early civilisations develop on the river banks?
Answers
Explanation:
mohenjo daro;harappa like places.
Answer:
How do archaeologists know that cloth was used in the Harappan civilisation?
Answer: Archaeologists have found spindles from the excavation sites. Presence of spindles shows that people knew how to make cloths. This shows that people in the Harappan Civilization used cloth.
Why were metals, writing, the wheel, and the plough important for the Harappans?
Answer: Metals, writing, the wheel and the plough were important for the Harappans in many ways. Metals were used for making various tools, utensils, jewelry and seals. Writing was useful for maintaining the records; related to trade and for various other purposes. The wheel was used in carts to ferry people and goods. Wheel was also used as potter’s wheel. Plough was used for tilling the land so that farming could be done.