True or false: Harappan settlement
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The Citadel was the higher of the two parts.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The Citadel was walled.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- The Lower Town had no wall at all.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The Citadel's height came from mud brick platforms.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Archaeologists gave both parts their names.
Explanation
Both parts were walled, which is the detail usually missed. Source: syllabus History, Themes in Indian History I, Harappan Civilisation.