The ‘Great Bath’ is a small but elaborate tank, measuring about 12 x 7 metres. It was made of carefully laid bricks with waterproofing materials like natural bitumen applied to prevent leakage, and it had a drain for emptying and ...
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Individual houses, both big and small, were made of bricks and lined the streets and smaller lanes. Interestingly, the quality of construction was the same for both small and big houses. Class VI NCERT Social Science NCERT Social Science Textbook ...
Large buildings like warehouses were used for collective purposes, such as storing goods to be transported. NCERT Book Exploring Society India and Beyond Class 6 Class 6 Social Science NCERT Chapter 6 The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation.
The larger Harappan cities were built according to precise plans, with wide streets often oriented to the cardinal directions. Most cities were surrounded by fortifications and had two distinct parts: the ‘upper town’ for the elite and the ‘lower town’ ...
In the Sarasvatī basin, two major cities — Rakhigarhi and Ganweriwala — were discovered, along with several smaller cities like Farmana (in Haryana), Kalibangan (in Rajasthan), and towns like Bhirrana and Banawali (both in Haryana). Class VI NCERT Social Science
Other major cities include Dholavira (in Gujarat), Rakhigarhi (in Haryana), Ganweriwala (in the Cholistan desert of Pakistan), and many smaller sites like Lothal in Gujarat. NCERT Book Exploring Society India and Beyond Class 6 Class 6 Social Science NCERT ...
It was initially called the ‘Indus Valley civilisation’ because several sites were discovered in the Indus plains after the first discoveries of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. Class 6 Social Science Chapter 6 The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation NCERT Book Exploring Society ...
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, both now in Pakistan, were the first two cities of the civilisation to be discovered. They were identified in 1924, about a century ago. Class VI NCERT Social Science NCERT Social Science Textbook Exploring Society India and ...
The inhabitants of this civilisation are called ‘Harappans’. Class VI NCERT Social Science NCERT Social Science Textbook Exploring Society India and Beyond Session 2024-2025.
The civilisation is known by several names: ‘Indus’, ‘Harappan’, ‘Indus-Sarasvatī’, or ‘Sindhu-Sarasvatī’ civilisation. NCERT Book Exploring Society India and Beyond Class 6 Class 6 Social Science NCERT Chapter 6 The Beginnings of Indian Civilisation.