Question

The Indus Valley Civilization flourished during.
A. 5000-3500 B.C.
B. 3000-1500 B.C.
C. 2500-1750 B.C.
D. 1500-500 B.C.

Answer 1

Hint: The Indus Valley civilization is also known as Harappan civilization. It is the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. Harappan civilization is divided into three main sub-periods: Early Harappan phase, the mature Harappan phase and later Harappan phase.

Complete answer: Indus valley civilization was established around 3300 BCE. It is also known as Harappan Civilization after the first city Harappa was excavated. It covers the area of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Rajasthan, Gujarat and western Uttar Pradesh. This civilization was discovered during the excavation campaign under Sir John Hubert Marshall.
Important sites of Harappan Civilization in India are Kalibangan, Dholavira, Lothal, Banawali, Mehrgarh Rakhigarhi and so on. Some of the cities had a similar pattern. Most cities have a great bath where people bath together. It was also known as a public bath. A large number of seals have been discovered by archaeologists.
Agriculture is the most important occupation of Harappan Civilization and it is the first Civilization which cultivated cotton. Crops which were cultivated during this period were wheat, barley, cotton, ragi, dates and peas.
Looking at the options given:
Option A. 5000-3500 B.C was the period of Chalcolithic. It is an incorrect answer.
Option B. 3000-1500 B.C was the period when Indus Valley Civilization emerged. It is an incorrect answer.
Option C. 2500-1750 B.C was the period when Indus Valley Civilization flourished. This is the correct answer.
Option D. 1500-500 B.C was the period of the Iron Age. It is an incorrect answer.
Therefore, option C is correct.

Note: People of Indus valley civilization had constructed their home with baked bricks and built-in dense clusters. Recently the excavation which happened in Rakhigarhi demonstrates that the world’s first known urban sanitation system was there.