The most unique feature of the Harappan Civilization was the development of ____________.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Urban-centres
What sets the Harappan civilisation apart is its cities. The most unique feature of the civilisation was the development of urban centres – planned settlements such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa. Mohenjodaro was divided into a smaller but higher Citadel and a much larger but lower Lower Town, and its buildings stood on platforms laid out before the city was built. Seals were important to the Harappans as well, but it is the planned city that marks the civilisation as unique.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2025-26): “3. Mohanjodaro A Planned Urban Centre … Perhaps the most unique feature of the Harappan civilisation was the development of urban centres. Let us look at one such centre, Mohenjodaro, more closely. Although Mohenjodaro is the most well-known site, the first site to be discovered was Harappa. The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much larger but lower. Archaeologists designate these as the Citadel and the Lower Town respectively. The Citadel owes its height to the fact that buildings were constructed on mud brick platforms. It was walled, which meant that it was physically separated from the Lower Town.…” |