Question

Among all the towns of Harappan civilization, _____had the best town planning.
A) Dholavira
B) Mohenjodaro
C) Banwali
D) Harappa

Answer 1

Hint: Harappan society, also recognized as Indus Valley Civilization or the Bronze Age, was discovered in the Indus River valley. In the Harappan Civilization, the civic and monetary life of the people was logical and overseen.

Complete Answer:
Harappan civilization, also recognized as Indus Valley Civilization or the Bronze Age, was found in the Indus River valley. 'Harappa' was the first Indus area to be found in 1921 by Dayaram Sahni. In 1922, 'Mohenjodaro', the biggest site of the civilization was uncovered by Rakhal Das Banerjee. Both these sites, Harappa and Mohenjodaro are presently found in Pakistan, in the Sahiwal and Larkana areas respectively.

In the Harappan Civilization, the civil and monetary life of the people was standardized and governed. The community of the Indus Valley comprising Mediterranean, Australoid, Mongoloid, and Alpine races, Mohenjo-Daro, the biggest city of the Indus civilization, had an estimated community of 35000.

In Harappan cities the main employment of people was:
- Agriculture was the major basis of the occupation of the Indus people. Their major crops were Wheat and Barley cultivated in Banawali. Rice was also grown by them in Lothal and Rangpur.
- The essential food of the people was wheat, barley, rice, milk, and some vegetables like peas, and fruits like date palms. Beef, mutton, pork, poultry, fish, etc. were moreover consumed by the Indus people. The discovery of a granary at Harappa gives assistance to this.
- Specific people were implicated in the planning and formation of outstanding buildings in the city. They delivered additional people to distant places to obtain the fresh material and maintained the largely useful objects, such as ornaments of gold and silver, or beautiful beads, for themselves. At that time, people toured inland spots by carts and foreign lands by ships.
- The people who recalled how to write also enabled the practice of seals and they were called scribes. They may have composed of other substances that have not endured to date.
- Men and women both labored as craftspersons and gave rise to all sorts of things, either in their own residences or in person workshops.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

Note:
Harappans were moreover the firstest in the world to spin and weave cotton. In 1929, archaeologists organized rubbles of cotton at Mohenjo Daro dating between 3,250 and 2750 BCE. Cotton threads have been found around a copper razor, tied to the handle of a mirror, and from a female burial site from the Harappan excavation site.