The Science Quiz | The Indus civilisation
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The Science Quiz | The Indus civilisation
Questions:
1. Name the type site of the Indus civilisation. A type site in archaeology is a particular place or settlement that defines the culture and/or other characteristics identified with the civilisation.
2. __________ is considered to have been one of the major cities of the Indus civilisation. Located in the Cholistan Desert in Pakistan’s Punjab, it is today threatened by land-use conversion in the surrounding areas. Fill in the blank.
3. Three officers of the Archaeological Survey of India — X, D.R. Bhandarkar, and M.S. Vats — are credited with discovering the importance of Mohenjo-daro to the Indus civilisation and its antiquity. X’s input in particular prompted large-scale excavations at Mohenjo-daro. Name X.
4. The early years of the Indus civilisation overlapped with the late periods of a neolithic settlement centred on ________, today lying in Balochistan. A farming village here has been dated to 5000 BC to 3500 BC. Fill in the blank.
5. Name the bronze statue unearthed at Mohenjo-daro that revealed two facts about the civilisation: that its artists knew how to blend and cast metals and make statues, and that the civilisation’s culture included dancing as an art form.
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