Question

The Indus Valley Civilisation, which flourished along the banks of the river Indus and other parts of western and northern India about 5,000 years ago, had the most sophisticated urban water supply and sewage systems in the world. One of the oldest water harvesting systems is found about 130 km from Pune along Naneghat in the Western Ghats.

In ancient times, houses in parts of western Rajasthan were built in such a way that each had a rooftop water harvesting system. Rainwater from these rooftops was directed into underground tanks. This system can be seen even today in all the forts, palaces and houses of the region.

Underground baked earthen pipes and tunnels to maintain the flow of water and to transport it to distant places, are still functional at Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh, Golconda and Bijapur in Karnataka, and Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

Dear Students,
You need to use the internet and COLLECT INFORMATION on Water Sources used during that time i.e. during Indus Valley Civilization. Write a Report on the information collected by you in the Science Notebook.


REPORT SHOULD BE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT:
Introduction: about sources of water, Indus civilization
Body: about different sources of water used in Indus civilization and their uses
Conclusion: what you understood from the research work given

Answer 1

Answer:

The civilizations received a major source of water from the Indus River.

The two rivers that defined the Indus River Valley civilization are the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River.

Understood that the the Indus civilization had so much water supply.