BRICKS, BEADS AND BONES
Chapter 1
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- List the items of food available to people in Harappan cities. Identify the groups who would have provided these.
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- How do archaeologists trace socio-economic differences in Harappan society? What are the differences that they notice?
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- Would you agree that the drainage system in Harappan cities indicates town planning? Give reasons for your answer.
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- List the materials used to make beads in the Harappan civilisation. Describe the process by which any one kind of bead was made.
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- Look at Fig. 1.30 and describe what you see. How is the body placed? What are the objects placed near it? Are there any artefacts on the body? Do these indicate the sex of the skeleton?
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Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:
- Describe some of the distinctive features of Mohenjodaro.
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- List the raw materials required for craft production in the Harappan civilisation and discuss how these might have been obtained.
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- Discuss how archaeologists reconstruct the past.
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- Discuss the functions that may have been performed by rulers in Harappan society.
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Map work
- On Map 1, use a pencil to circle sites where evidence of agriculture has been recovered. Mark an X against sites where there is evidence of craft production and R against sites where raw materials were found.
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Project (any one)
- Find out if there are any museums in your town. Visit one of them and write a report on any ten items, describing how old they are, where they were found, and why you think they are on display.
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- Collect illustrations of ten things made of stone, metal and clay produced and used at present. Compare these with the pictures of the Harappan civilisation in this chapter, and discuss the similarities and differences that you find.
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