Essential feature of Indus valley civilization ?
Pre-Historic Period-Question 21
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21. The essential feature of Indus valley civilization was?
A. Organized city life and town planning
B. worship of forces of nature
C. pastoral farming
D. caste society
Organized city life and town planning
🔑Key Points
✔The essential feature of the Indus Valley Civilisation was organized city life and Town planning.
✔Streets were oriented east to west. Each street was having a well organized drainage system. City Walls of each city in the Indus Valley was surrounded by massive walls and gateways. The walls were built to control trade and also to stop the city from being flooded.
✔The most unique feature of the Harappan Civilization was the development of urban centres. Mohenjo-Daro is the most well-known site of Harappan Civilization.
✔The Indus valley civilization had advanced urban culture, proper town planning and wide roads cutting each other at 90°.
✔The huge Indus river system waters a rich agricultural landscape. The Indus plain is surrounded by high mountains, desert and ocean, and at that time there were dense forests and swamps to the east.
✔The most significant feature of Indus Valley civilization was the buildings made of the bricks.
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*This Question is a part of previous year paper gk questions on Pre-Historic Period of India.
References
1.Indus Valley Civilisation-wikipedia2.NCERT Text Books
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