Question

difference between farmers and herders supplying food to harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders you read about chapter 3 give reasons for your answer
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Answer 1

Answer:

Yes, the life of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and hearders we read about in chapter 2 because: ... Farmers who supplied food to the Harappan cities lived in huts ad thatched houses while herders and hunters in chapter 2 mostly lived in caves.Jul

Answer 2

Explanation:

Three points of difference between the lives of farmers/ herders from hunter-gatherers.

(a) Hunter-gatherers kept travelling from place to place whereas farmers had to live at same place for longer periods of time to take care of their crops.

(b) Hunter-gatherers depended on meat of wild animals whereas farmers and herders used plants, crops and cattle.

(c) Hunter-gatherers did not have any settled life whereas farmers and herders gradually settled in huts, pit-houses etc.