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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Which of the following helps us to get information about the Harappan civilization?

Options:

Scripts.

Literary evidence.

Archaeological sources

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

Archaeological sources

Explanation:

The Harappan seal is possibly the most distinctive artefact of the Harappan or Indus Valley civilization. Made of a stone called steatite, seals like this one often contains animal motifs and signs from a script that remains undeciphered. Yet we know a great deal about the lives of the people who lived in the region from what they left behind – their houses, pots, ornaments, tools, and seals – in other words, from archaeological evidence.