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The Indus Valley Civilization

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Introduction:
"This quiz is all about the Indus valley better known as the Harappa Civilization which was one of the oldest and most advanced cultures of the World. Very little is known about it due to lack of written records. Its beginning was as mysterious as its end"


1. The Indus valley civilization dates back to?
    3000 BC
    2800 BC
    2500 BC
    2600 BC


2. The first excavations of this civilization was carried out at which two places?
    Chanhu-daro and Sutkagen-dor
    Harappa and Mohenjo-daro
    Lothal and Surkotada
    Kalibangan and Rupar


3. The credit for the discovery of the site (mentioned in last question) goes to?
    K.N Dixit
    Sir John Marshall
    R.D Banerjee
    D.R Sahni


4. What is the literal meaning of Mohenjo-daro?
    Answer: (4 or 3 words-starts with M)


5. The citadel was an oblong artificial platform some ____ feet high and _____ yards in area well fortified by walls.
    20; 150 x 200
    8; 39 x 23
    30-50; 400 x 200
    40-80; 230 x 78


6. The only Harappa script that survived consisted of ten to twenty symbols.It comprised of how many characters?
    430 characters
    270 characters
    220 characters
    175 characters


7. The discovery of a few horse's teeth at a Baluchistan site indicates that the Harappa people may have known of the horse. At what Baluchistan site was it discovered?
    Shahi Tump
    Zhob
    Nal
    Rana Ghundai


8. The Harappa people consisted of a ___________ element?
    Mediterranean
    Scythian
    Iranian
    Proto-Australoid


9. The _________ was a unique structure in Mohenjo-daro.
    Answer: (Two Words)


10. Which theory got the most wide acceptance regarding the decline of the Indus Valley or Harappa Civilization?
    Change in the course of Indus and Ravi rivers
    Aryan invasion
    Climatic changes
    Deforestation


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