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Mohenjodaro is divided into a small high western part and a larger lower eastern part. What are these called?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan bricks followed a standard ratio. Length and breadth were how many times the height?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many wells did Mohenjodaro have, by scholars' estimate?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Bath tank was made watertight with bricks set on edge and a mortar of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tiny settlement of under 7 hectares was devoted almost wholly to craft production like bead-making?Read the answer and worked solution →Nageshwar and Balakot, both near the coast, specialised in making objects from which material?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappans may have sent expeditions to the Khetri region of Rajasthan for which metal?Read the answer and worked solution →Mesopotamian texts call the Harappan region by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →The Harappan script has how many signs, showing it was not alphabetical?Read the answer and worked solution →Harappan weights were usually cubical and made of which stone?Read the answer and worked solution →By about which year BCE had most Mature Harappan sites in Cholistan been abandoned?Read the answer and worked solution →Who announced the discovery of the Indus valley civilisation to the world in 1924?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ASI Director-General, from 1944, insisted on following the stratigraphy of a mound?Read the answer and worked solution →Fire altars regarded as ritual structures have been found at Lothal and which other site?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Harappan sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Harappan grainsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the archaeologistsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the raw materialsRead the answer and worked solution →Site or scholarRead the answer and worked solution →Where did it come fromRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Harappa bingoRead the answer and worked solution →An East India Company mint officer deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi in the 1830s. Who was he?Read the answer and worked solution →In Asokan inscriptions the king is called Piyadassi. What does the title mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Early Buddhist and Jaina texts list how many great states or mahajanapadas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahajanapadas where power was shared by several men called rajas were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Which mahajanapada in present-day Bihar became the most powerful between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajagaha, the first capital of Magadha, is present-day:Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta Maurya founded his empire in about which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka conquered Kalinga, which lies in which present-day region?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Mohenjodaro is divided into a small high western part and a larger lower eastern part. What are these called?

  1. Palace and Village
  2. Temple and Market
  3. Citadel and Lower Town
  4. Fort and Bazaar
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Correct answer: C. Citadel and Lower Town

1. Buildings stood on mud brick platforms. 2. The high part is the Citadel, the rest the Lower Town. 3. Both were walled. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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Harappan bricks followed a standard ratio. Length and breadth were how many times the height?

  1. Three and one
  2. Six and three
  3. Two and one
  4. Four and two
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Correct answer: D. Four and two

1. Bricks were standardised at all settlements. 2. Length was four times and breadth twice the height. 3. This shows central planning. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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About how many wells did Mohenjodaro have, by scholars' estimate?

  1. 700
  2. 170
  3. 270
  4. 970
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Correct answer: A. 700

1. Many houses had their own wells. 2. The total is estimated at about 700. 3. Every house had a bathroom with drains. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 1, Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation._

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