History of India: ancient and medieval / Prehistory and the Indus civilisation
Harappan civilisation: cities and sites
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Early, Mature and Late Harappan phases and geographical spread (Sutkagendor to Alamgirpur, Manda to Daimabad)
- Citadel and lower town, grid streets, baked-brick houses with wells and bathing platforms, covered drains
- Signature finds by site: Mohenjodaro Great Bath and granary, Harappa, Lothal dockyard, Kalibangan fire altars, Chanhudaro bead factory
- Dholavira reservoirs and dams (UNESCO 2021), Rakhigarhi, Kot Diji, Desalpur, Banawali
- Sites often mistaken for Harappan: Sohgaura (Mauryan copper plate), Burzahom, Inamgaon
Where to study
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, pp. 1-27 (printed 1-27)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, Terminologies, Places and Time; 1. Beginnings, pp. 1-3 (printed 1-3)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 3. Mohanjodaro, A Planned Urban Centre; Citadels, pp. 5-8 (printed 5-8)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 5. Finding Out About Craft Production, pp. 10-11 (printed 10-11)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 2. Subsistence Strategies; 3. Mohenjodaro (reservoir at Dholavira, fortified settlements), pp. 4-6 (printed 4-6)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 3 In the Earliest Cities
- ch. 3 In the Earliest Cities, pp. 1-11 (printed 24-34)
- ch. 3 In the Earliest Cities, What was special about these cities?; Houses, drains and streets, pp. 2-4 (printed 25-27)
- ch. 3 In the Earliest Cities, The story of Harappa; What was special about these cities?; A closer look: Harappan towns in Gujarat, pp. 1-8 (printed 24-31)
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 10
- ch. 18
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, pp. 5-25 (printed 1-21)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, The Early Beginnings, pp. 15-16 (printed 11-12)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, The Early Beginnings, pp. 15-17 (printed 11-13)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List
- Cultural properties: Dholavira: a Harappan City (2021)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us
- ch. 4 What Books and Burials Tell Us, Finding out about social differences; A special burial at Inamgaon, pp. 7-8 (printed 41-42)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food
- ch. 2 From Hunting-Gathering to Growing Food, Towards a settled life, p. 8 (printed 18)