History of India: ancient and medieval / Prehistory and the Indus civilisation
Harappan economy, society and decline
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Bead making, spindle whorls (home spinning), standardised weights (binary and decimal) and measures
- Long-distance trade with Mesopotamia (Meluhha), Shortughai lapis, steatite seals and sealings
- Harappan script: pictographic, right to left, undeciphered
- Mother goddess, proto-Shiva seal, worship of male and female deities; no monumental palaces or temples; no evidence of horse
- Decline debates: floods, river shifts, aridity, trade collapse; Late Harappan localisation
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, 5. Finding Out About Craft Production; 7.3 Weights, pp. 10-16 (printed 10-16)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 6. Strategies for Procuring Materials; 7.1 Seals and sealings, pp. 12-15 (printed 12-15)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 7.2 An enigmatic script, p. 15 (printed 15)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 4. Tracking Social Differences; 8. Ancient Authority; 11. Problems of Piecing Together the Past, p. 9 (printed 9)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 8. Ancient Authority; 11. Problems of Piecing Together the Past, pp. 16-23 (printed 16-23)
- Theme 1 Bricks, Beads and Bones, 9. The End of the Civilisation, pp. 17-18 (printed 17-18)
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 10
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, Craft Production; Material; Textiles and Ornaments, pp. 17-18 (printed 13-14)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, Trade and Exchange; Seals, Sealings and Scripts, pp. 18-19 (printed 14-15)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, Seals, Sealings and Scripts, p. 19 (printed 15)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, Arts and Amusement (religion), p. 19 (printed 15)
- Lesson 1 Early India: From the Beginnings to the Indus Civilisation, Contemporary Cultures of the Indus Civilisation (decline), p. 20 (printed 16)