how do you find that the life of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders of the Neolithic age
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The life of the Harappan farmers and herders was different from the farmers and herders , because of the following reasons: (i) Harappan farmers stored their food in granaries. (ii) Harappan farmers irrigated their fields with flood waters.
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Do you think that the life of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders you read about in Chapter 3? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer: In chapter 3 discussion is mainly on rural people. But in this chapter, the discussion is mainly on urban people. In both the cases; farmers and herders did the same type of work. But their group was much bigger in case of the Harappan cities. Their work could have been more organized like using wooden tools, irrigation, storage of grains, compared to what it was in the earlier societies. Farmers and herders (in previous chapter) mainly produced for their own use. But in case of the Harappan cities; the farmers and herders sold their surplus production to crafts person, scribes and rulers living in cities.