<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>The Indus or the Harappan culture is older than the Chalcolithic cultures that have been examined earlier, but as a bronze-using culture it is far more developed than the latter. It developed in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent. It is called Harappan because this civilization was discovered first in 1921 at the modern site of Harappa situated in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. Many sites in Sindh formed the central zone of pre-Harappan culture</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>How Indus valley civilization provide an insight into the pattern of society and economy that existed in India during the Bronze age ?</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Citadel – </span></span></b><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>upper citadel was for upper class of people while lowe citadel was for lowers class people. This shows the class distincition was there in bronze age.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:2px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:18.0pt”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>Drainage System – </span></span></b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>Each house was connected directly to an excellent drainage system, which indicates a high developed municipal life.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:2px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:14px;”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:18.0pt”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Great bath- </span></b><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#090909″>he Great bath at Mohenjo-Daro is about 179 feet long and 107 feet wide. The complex has a large quadrangle in the center with galleries and rooms on all sides. In the center of this quadrangle there is a large swimming enclosure that is 39 feet long, 23 feet wide and 8 feet deep. The entire complex is connected to an elaborate water supply and sewer system. This indicates that the people of harrappan civilization used it for religious purpose.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p><span style=”font-size:14px;”><b><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>No temples – </span></span></b><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>it is said that they used to pray nature rather than god. Eg- great bath</span></span></span></p>