WorksheetsThe Harappan Civilisation Grade 9 ICSE
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of these is NOT an important feature of early civilisations?
Settlement in a definite territory as opposed to nomadic lifestyle
Food producer instead of hunter-gatherer
Development of trade, commerce, crafts, and some form of government
The skill to express one's thoughts in writing
A cohesive, clearly identifiable family unit
The most important evidence to reconstruct the Harappan civilisation is literary evidence.
True
False
The following pairs match the important archeological find with our interpretation of the find. Match the incorrect pair.
Citadels - Elaborate town planning in an urban civilisation
Dockyard at Lothal - The Harappan people were seafarers
Sumerian objects - There were international trade relations between the two civilisations
The Dancing Girl - The religious beliefs of the Harappans were that they were nature worshippers
Cubical weights - The Harappans had a standardised system of weights and measures
The civilisation was first called the Indus Valley civilisation and Harappan Civilisation because
Indus was the main river of Punjab - the state where these excavations were done and Harappa was the largest site.
Most of the settlements were found on the banks of the Indus and Harappa was the first site that was excavated by the archeologist - Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni
Both of the above
None of the above
These places have been matched with their location. Identify the incorrect pair.
Harappa - Western Punjab
Mohenjodaro - Sindh
Lothal - Punjab
Kalibangan - Rajasthan
In 1922-23, Rakhaldas Bannerjee of the ASI, excavated the ruins of which city?
Harappa
Mohenjodaro
Chanhudaro
None of these
This is a list of borders of the civilisation, as known today. One of these, however, is incorrect. Can you figure out which one?
West - Sutkagendor - Makran
South - Gulf of Khambat
East - Alamgirpur in current Uttar Pradesh, in the Doaba region
North - Kashmir
Identify this structure and the location correctly.
The Great Bath - Harappa
The Great Bath - Mohenjodaro
The Dockyard - Lothal
The Dockyard - Cambay
The SIVC people were great town planners. We know this from all of the following except:
There was an elaborate drainage system.
The town was divided into two parts - the Citadel and the lower town
The towns were divided into neat, rectangular blocks with streets criss crossing them at right angles. The corners of the streets were rounded off to allow the passage of heavy carts. The arterial roads were wide and brick lined.
Each house had a private well and bathroom, whose water drained into the city's main drainage.
The rooms in each house were built around an open courtyard.
Identify the structure.
The Granary at Harappa
The Great Bath at Mohenjodaro
The Dockyard at Lothal
The Giant water well at Kalibangan
These are Neela's notes on the social life of the Harappans. She has made some mistakes. Can you point out all the INCORRECT entries in her notes.
Food - The principal diet was millets, wheat, barley, milk, mutton, poultry, rice, dates etc. were also included in the meal.
Dress - The clothes were elaborate with fine weaving, embellishment, and tailoring.
Dress - Women and men both wore drapes. There was very little tailoring.
Ornaments - the SIVC people were very fond of ornaments - everything from Terracotta to gold was used and beads, especially exotic beads, were particular favourites.
The economic life of the Harappans included which of the following professions?
Agriculture
Trade and Commerce
Craftsmanship
Architecture
Mercenary Warriors
Some of the best pieces of SIVC are labelled here with their popular names. Can you mark the one that does NOT belong to the SIVC period?
Each of these is attributed to the SIVC people except
Metal Sculping - as evidenced by the Dancing Girl in bronze
Stone sculpting - as evidenced by the Priest King (steatite) and the male torso (red jasper type stone)
Terracotta Sculpting - as evidenced by the Mother goddess, thousands of children's toys and other terracotta sculptures
Carving - The intricate carving on all seals, terracotta, steatite, and others
All of these are evidenced in SIVC.
The SIVC people painted their pottery rather elaborately. Their pottery depicted: (mark all that apply)
Geometrical designs
Animal Figures
Birds and trees
Astrological charts and Night Sky patterns
Many spindles and spindle wheels have been excavated at the sites. The materials used to make these have been: (Mark all that apply)
Terracotta
Wood
Porcelain
In addition to being the only source of the SIVC script, the seals tell us a few other important things. What are these? (Mark all that apply)
The high level of craftsmanship
The materials used by the SIVC people
The religious faith and beliefs of the people
The proof of the existence of the unicorn
These are Sujit's notes on what we know about the religious practices of the SIVC people. Can you mark the ones that are incorrect?
Many figures of the 'mother goddess' - a female figure with an elaborate headgear, have been found on the seals and terracotta statues. We can assume that they worshipped the Mother Goddess
The Pashupatinath seal of Shiva - a yogi mudra male with a horned headgear leads us to think that perhaps that was also a deity.
From the seals, we get evidence of animism - Naga worship and worship of trees and animals
From the statue of the priest king we deduce that the priestly class was very strong and possibly also held political influence in this society.
In a conference, each historian is presenting their view of why the SIVC declined and eventually perished. Mark all the views that you have learnt in your textbook (you may or may not personally agree. Just mark according to your textbook).
Because the Indus lies in a siesmic zone, earthquakes submerged many important cities.
The Aryan invasion wiped out the Indus Valley people
A change in the course of River Indus led to the gradual decline of the civilisation.
There was a decline, but no perishing. The SIVC people migrated to the Doaba (the Ganga - Jamuna belt) and some of them continue to live in the region of the original SIVC.
There was an ecological crisis caused by deforestation. The deforestation was needed for all the economic activity.
All of the following are true about the dockyard at Lothal except:
The dockyard was lined with fire baked bricks that still exist.
The dockyard was connected through channels to the Gulf of Cambay
The dockyard proves that the SIVC people practiced navigation on the Arabian Sea.
The dockyard was also a source of drinking water to the city, since no wells have been found in Lothal.
