Which of the two civilizations I;e.,mesopotamian and harappan,was more advanced?why?support your answer with adequate reasons.
Answers
because
1.The Harappan civilization in one of the most fascinating and important archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century.
2.The Harappan culture was essentially a city culture. Civic Planning was advanced and sophisticated.
3.The Harappan civilization was advanced one. This is evidenced by the excellence of the materials used in the construction of houses and the commodious nature of residences.
4.The Harappans used both cotton and wool. A stone bust of a man wears over his left shoulder a shawl decorated in a three-leaved pattern. The people usually used an upper garment as well as a lower garment covering the lower parts of the body.
5.Both men and women were quite fond of ornaments. Ornaments were made of gold, silver, bronze, and copper. The women wore rings, bracelets, necklaces, nose studs, and hair ornaments. The Men appeared to have followed the fashing of shaving the upper lip but keeping a thick beard.
Harrappan Civilization was more advanced because of the fallowing reasons.
1. Sophisticated Cities like Harrappa, Mohenjadaro, Kalibaghan Lothal etc.
2. Uniform and sophisticated town-planning. The roads were built on the grid-pattern system.
3. The Harrappan people were very hygienic and the drainage system was highly advanced. Every house used to had a washroom and a covered pit-well and the drains of household were connected to the main drain.
5. The building structures were big and highly developed like the Great Bath, the Great Granary etc.
6. Engineering and artistic skills were also highly advanced and developed e.g Dancing girl, Pashupatti etc.
The above features were either absent or less developed in Mesopotamia and thus the Harrappan Civilization was more advanced.