Describe the economy, society and religion of harappan civilization?
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The Indus Valley civilisation was mainly an urban culture sustained by surplus agricultural production and commerce, the latter including trade with Sumer in southern Mesopotamia. ... Harappans had many trade routes along the Indus River that went as far as the Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.
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It is generally believed that economy of the Harappan people was mainly based on external trade. It is true to the extent that the Harappan urban centres were supported by the external trade but actually agriculture was the backbone of the civilization. Agriculture was supported and supplanted by the animal husbandry.
The economy of the Harappan civilization was based on domestic animals, particularly on zebu cattle, and on variable agriculture of growing cereals, pulses and other plants. These were supplemented by the exploitation of wild resources, such as fish. Pastoralism and agriculture differ in their relative importance in view of the great diversity of environment that composed the Indus realms1 in the valleys and plains of the Indus and Ghaggar rivers, their tributaries and other small rivers. Mixed farming was highly profitable as rains and other local water resources supported farming in the region and also facilitated grazing of cattle on the expanses of seasonal pastures in Gujarat, Punjab and in the uplands of Baluchistan. Coastal settlements took advantage of marine resources such as shellfish, which provided not only food but also shells, an important resource for making ornaments.