Question

Give an account of domestic architecture of Harappa Civilization?

Answer 1

Information on Harrapan food, social Dress, ornaments, household articles, amusements, trade, social class and structure, religion and funerary customs are presented here.

The people found to had the good understanding of an urban civilization. Food :The food of the Harappan people was supplied from extensive areas cultivated in a vicinity of the city. Besides food was supplied from distant areas by boats plying on the rivers.

Rice was probably grown in the Indus valley.Social Dress of the Harappan People: Many spindles were discovered at the Harappan sites. This proves the use of cotton for weaving social clothes.

Probably wool was also used. The garments might have been sewn. Both men and women used two pieces of cloth. Hair-style, Ornaments of people of Indus Valley: Men wore long hair, parted in the middle and kept tidy at the back.

The women of Indus valley usually wore long hair in the plait with fan-shaped bow at the end. Fillets made of gold or silver were used to keep the hair in particular position.