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Hadappa sabhyata ki Aarth vyavshta

Answer 1

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Economy of Harappan Civilization

1. Agricultural and Animal husbandry

• Harappan grew wheat and barley on a large scale.
• The other crops grow by them were pulses, cereals, cotton, dates, melons, pea, sesame and mustard.
• Harapans people were mostly peasants and thus the Harappan civilization was an agro-commercial civilization.

2. Crafts

• The Harappan culture belongs to the Bronze Age, as the people were very well acquainted with the manufacture and use of bronze.
• they manufactured not only images and utensils but also various tools and weapons such as axes, saws, knives and spears.
• Weavers wore clothes of wool and cotton. Leather was also known to them but no evidence of silk has been found.
• Harappans used to make seals, stone statues, terracotto figurines, etc.
• Huge brick structures made up of burnt bricks and mud bricks suggest that brick laying was an important craft.
• They knew boat making also, as it is evident from their seals.
• The goldsmiths made jewellery of gold, silver and precious stones.
• Bangle making and shell ornament making was also practised

3.Trade

• Land trade and sea trade was in vogue.
• Most important trading partner was Mesopotamia. other trading relations with Meluha which was the ancient name given to Indus region.
• Two intermediates trading stations called Dilmun and makan are identified with Bahrain and Makran coast (pakistan) respectively.
• The mode of trade was barter system.

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Answer 2

Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal. The site takes its name from a modern village located near the former course of the Ravi River which now runs 8 km to the north. The current village of Harappa is less than 1 km from the ancient site.

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