True or false: evidence and interpretation
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Archaeologists named the Citadel and the Lower Town.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- Those names come from Harappan writing itself.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Seals are among the commonest Harappan finds.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Mohenjodaro is one of the excavated sites.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- The drainage system shows deliberate planning.
Explanation
Archaeology reads settlements from what survives. Source: syllabus History, Themes in Indian History I, Harappan Civilisation.