What were the two main occupations if man in paleolitc age
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The majority of the population would have been peasant farmers. They would make a living by growing enough food for themselves and selling the surplus. They would take their surplus food products to the cities to sell at market. Indus valley farmers grew wheat, barley, rice, mustard, sesame, dates, melons and cotton and they raised cattle, water buffaloes, sheep and pigs.
There would be skilled artisans and craftsmen, builders, carpenters, metalworkers, leather workers, weavers, and of course potters (many beautiful works of pottery has been discovered in the Indus Valley). Women probably worked at some trades as well, spinning for instance is almost always a female occupation, and they may have been weavers and potters also.
Many people would have been employed as servants, anyone who could afford to keep a servant would probably have at least one, and wealthy people might have dozens.
Some of them were involved in making bricks. Most Indus Valley cities were made from mud bricks. First the brick-makers mixed soil, clay and water to make squishy mud. Next they squashed the mud into a wooden mould which was the shape of a brick. And then they turned out the mud-brick, like you would turn out a sand-castle.Mud-bricks could dry in the hot sun. But it was better to put them inside a kiln. The fire in the kiln heated or 'fired' the bricks at a high temperature to make them very hard.All Indus Valley bricks were the same ratio of 1 : 2 : 4 but came in different sizes. A common size was 7 cm high x 14 cm wide x 28 cm long. Bricks were laid in rows or 'courses', end to end and crossways, using wet mud as cement to stick the bricks together. Indus Valley walls were so strong that many have stood for over 4,000 years!
There would be skilled artisans and craftsmen, builders, carpenters, metalworkers, leather workers, weavers, and of course potters (many beautiful works of pottery has been discovered in the Indus Valley). Women probably worked at some trades as well, spinning for instance is almost always a female occupation, and they may have been weavers and potters also.
Many people would have been employed as servants, anyone who could afford to keep a servant would probably have at least one, and wealthy people might have dozens.
Some of them were involved in making bricks. Most Indus Valley cities were made from mud bricks. First the brick-makers mixed soil, clay and water to make squishy mud. Next they squashed the mud into a wooden mould which was the shape of a brick. And then they turned out the mud-brick, like you would turn out a sand-castle.Mud-bricks could dry in the hot sun. But it was better to put them inside a kiln. The fire in the kiln heated or 'fired' the bricks at a high temperature to make them very hard.All Indus Valley bricks were the same ratio of 1 : 2 : 4 but came in different sizes. A common size was 7 cm high x 14 cm wide x 28 cm long. Bricks were laid in rows or 'courses', end to end and crossways, using wet mud as cement to stick the bricks together. Indus Valley walls were so strong that many have stood for over 4,000 years!
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