ALL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE POINT FOR ALL EXAMS
SPECIAL POINTS ABOUT ANCIENT INDIA
Mohenjadro-the largest site of Indu civilizationn, Rakhigarhi-The largest site of Indus civilization.
Common features of major cities:-Systematic town planning on the lines of "grid system"
Use of brunt bricks in construction
Underground drainage system (gaint water reservoirs in Dholavira)
Fortified citadel (exception chanhudaro)
Use of brunt bricks in construction
Underground drainage system (gaint water reservoirs in Dholavira)
Fortified citadel (exception chanhudaro)
Surkotada (Kutchh district , Gujarat):-
-The main Indus site where the remaining parts of a horse have really been found
Main crops -Wheat and Barley,Evidence of cultivation of rice in Lothal and Rangpur.(Gujarat) only.
Other crops-Dates, mustard, sesamum, cotton etc. Indus individuals were the first to deliver cotton on the planet.
Animals- Sheep, goat, humped and hump less bull, Buffalo, boar, dog , cat, pig, fowl, deer, tortoise, elephant, rhinoceros,tiger etc.
Lion was not known to Indus people.From Amri, asingle instance of the Indian rhinoceros has been reported.
there was extensive inland and foreign trade.Foreign trade with Mesopotamia or Sumeria (Modern Iraq), Bahrain etc. flourised.
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IMPORTS GOLD
FROM KOLAR (KARNATAKA), AFGHANISTAN, PERSIA (IRAQ)
IMPORT SILVER
FROM AFGHANISTAN, PERSIA (IRAN), SOUTH INDIA
IMPORT COPPER
FROM KHETRI (RAJASTHAN), BALUCHISTAN, ARABIA
IMPORT TIN
FROM AFGHANISTAN, BIHAR
IMPORT LAPIS LAZULI AND SAPPHIRE'
FROM BADAK-SHAN (AFGHANISTHAN)
IMPORT JADE
FROM CENTRAL AISA
IMPORT STEATITE
FROM SHAHER-I-SOKHTA (IRAN), KIRTHAR HILLS (PAKISTHAN)
IMPORT AGATE,CHALCEDONIES AND CARNELIANS
FROM SAURASHTRA AND WEST INDIA
IMPORT AMMETHYST
FROM MAHARASTHRA
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