
Which was the most frequently depicted animal during Harappan period?


Important Questions on Ancient History
Which of the following are true about Harappa?
1. Situated in the Montgomery district.
2. On the bank of river Ravi.
3. the First town to be discovered in 1921.
4. Largest Indus sites.

Assertion (A) The NBPW (Northern Black Polished Ware) phase marked the beginning of second urbanization in India.
Reason (R) The Harappan town finally disappeared in about 1400 BC. After that for about a thousand years, we do not find any town in India.

Assertion (A) It would be wrong to think that priest ruled in Harappa as they did in the cities of lower Mesopotamia.
Reason (R) No temples or religious structure of any kind has been found at any Harappan site.

In the questions given below, there are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and (R). In the context of the two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Assertion (A) Harappan carried on considerable trade in stone, metal, shell etc. in the Indian culture zone.
Reason (R) Their cities used to provide the necessary raw material for, the commodities produced there.

In which of the town both citadel and lower town were fortified?

Which of the following are true about Harappan religion?
1. Image worship was in vogue.
2. Female deities were predominant.
3. Cult of mother goddess.
4. No temple structure unearthed.
Which of the statements given above are correct?


Consider the following statements regarding the Indus valley civilisation.
1. It was predominantly a secular civilisation and the religious element, though present did not dominate the scene.
2. During the period cotton was used for manufacturing textiles in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct.
