Question

The Indus Valley people had trade relations with _______.
A)Egypt
B)Greece
C)Ceylon
D)Mesopotamia

Answer 1

Hint - Harappan seals, artefacts and jewellery have been excavated in modern-day Iraq, Kuwait and Syria. The Indus Valley and the Harappan Civilisation existed from 3300BCE to 1300BCE.

Complete Step by Step Answer - The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze age culture lasting from 3300BCE to 1300BCE. It had developed along the Indus and its tributaries in Pakistan, India and parts of Afghanistan. The distinctive features of the civilisation were the urban planning, drainage system, system of weights and measures, writing, use to burnt bricks, construction on raised platforms, unique artefacts and trade with contemporary civilisations. It is proved to a certain extent that people of the Indus Valley traded with the people of Mesopotamia. Harappan jewellery and artefacts have been discovered in the areas where the Mesopotamian civilisation once flourished i.e. present-day Iraq, Kuwait and parts of Syria. Motifs indigenous to Harappa have been found carved on seals with cylindrical shapes, like the ones used in Ancient Mesopotamia. Even Mesopotamian texts refer to trading with the region of "Meluha", the land of seafarers. It is deduced that Meluha refers to the Indus Valley Civilisation.
OPTION A - The Ancient Egyptian Civilisation was one of the first civilisations of the Ancient world. It is said to have started coalescing around 3100 BCE.
OPTION B - Ancient Greece in Greek history refers to the period starting with the Dark Ages and finishing off with the end of Antiquity.
OPTION C - Ceylon is the former name of the island nation of Sri Lanka located in the Indian ocean.
OPTION D - Mesopotamia in the name of the Ancient Civilisation of Iraq, Kuwait and Syria. It developed along the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. There is historical proof of the fact that Mesopotamia traded with their contemporary Indus Valley Civilisation.
So, the correction answer is Option D.

Note - The Indus Valley Civilisation was an ancient Civilisation which existed from 3200 BCE to 1300 BCE. It was one of the first urban civilisations of the world and a contemporary of the Mesopotamian Civilisation. The Indus Valley Civilisation also traded with Mesopotamia.