INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

1. ADVANCED CITIES

   • WELL PLANNED CITY STRUCTRE IN GRID PATTERN.
   • BROAD STREETS AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
   •  HAD MORE THAN 1000 TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
   • HARAPPA AND MOHENJO-DARO WERE TWO GREAT CITIES.
   •  HUGE RAISED MOUNDS OF EARTH AND BRICK REMAINED ABOVE WATER DURING FLOODING.
   •  WORLDS FIRST CITYWIDE SEWER SYSTEMS.
   •  BUILT THICK WALLS AROUND THEIR CITIES.

2. CONTRIBUTION OF THE INDUS PEOPLE

   •  FIRST TO GROW AND TRADE COTTON
   •  TRADED JWELERY AS FAR AS MESOPOTAMIA.
   •  USED SEALS TO MARK THEIR GOODS.
   •  ACCURATE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES USED FOR TRADE.
   •  INVENTED DICE.
   •  STORED THEIR SURPLUS CROPS IN A GRANARY.
   •  USED CATTLE TO PULL CARTS AND FOR FARMING.
   •  FIRST TO USE TOILETS AND SEWAGE SYSTEM.