Discuss the important features of indus valley civilisation
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Answer:
The first common feature is Indus script on seals. This script has not been deciphered yet, so not much information is available about the social life, customs etc.
The second most important feature is town planning. The main features of town planning were use of baked as well as sundried bricks, well planned straight roads and a system of drainage.
A fortified citadel at most of the cities. The number of the citadels varies.
Houses with kitchens and wells, tanks or water reservoirs.
Use of standard weights and measurement throughout the civilization.
Presence of wheel made pottery.
The Practice of burying the dead.
Explanation:
Third important centre of the civilization is Dholavira in the Rann of Kutch area. The site is relatively newly discovered and here the historians found a tantalizing signboard with Indus script.
Dholavira is different from Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro on the account that its drainage system is much more elaborated then these two cities. While the two cities had two mounds each, leading to conclusion that there were two citadels, Dholavira had three citadels. Each of these three citadels of Dholavira was improved than Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro and had an inner enclosure as well.
The Dholavira is the largest Indus Valley Site in independent India. The second largest is Rakhigarhi near Hissar in Haryana. Near Hissar, there is another site called Banawali where Barley was a common crop in Indus valley times.
The westernmost site Suktagendor is located near present borders of Iran and it was an important coastal / port town. Another important port town was Lothal. One more coastal city was Balakot, which is located near Karachi in Pakistan.