Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Bricks, Beads and Bones

Question:

Read the passage and answer the question:

Archaeologists generally use certain strategies to find out whether there were social or economic differences amongst people living within a particular culture. These include studying burials. You are probably familiar with the massive pyramids of Egypt, some of which were contemporaneous with the Harappan civilisation. Many of these pyramids were royal burials, where enormous quantities of wealth was buried.

Another strategy to identify social differences is to study artefacts, which archaeologists broadly classify as utilitarian and luxuries. The first category includes objects of daily use made fairly easily out of ordinary materials such as stone or clay. Archaeologists assume objects were luxuries if they are rare or made from costly, non-local materials or with complicated technologies.

In reference to artefacts, rare objects made of valuable materials were generally concentrated in which of the following towns of the Harappan Civilization?

A- Harappa
B- Kalibangan
C- Mohenjodaro
D- Lothal

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

A and C

B and C

A and B

All of the above

Correct Answer:

A and C

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - A and C

A- Harappa
B- Kalibangan
C- Mohenjodaro
D- Lothal

If we study the distribution of such artefacts, we find that rare objects made of valuable materials are generally concentrated in large settlements like Mohenjodaro and Harappa and are rarely found in smaller settlements. For example, miniature pots of faience, perhaps used as perfume bottles, are found mostly in Mohenjodaro and Harappa, and there are none from small settlements like Kalibangan.