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bronze, lead, tin, silver and gold, but there is no Toy-making : A number of toys and dolls too have
evidence to show the use of iron. The Harappan been found. Their toys include whistles, clay-carts,
seals have been found at Sumerian sites, and rattles, marbles and animals.
Sumerian figures have been unearthed in Harappa,
Painting : We can say that the people liked
which is enough evidence to prove that long-
distance trade with other civilisations flourished. painting because pottery had different types of
patterns and designs, including those of animals,
Arts and Crafts men, women, flowers, trees, leaves and other

A number of statues, seals, figurines etc. have things.
been excavated from different sites. This shows Carving : The seals found have been carved with
that the people in the Harappan civilisation figures of animals, which are remarkable in
practised several arts and crafts, like sculpture, nature. The figures of animals are quite realistic.
jewellery, pottery, painting, toy-making etc., and
many of them practised them as their professions. Activity
On an outline map of South Asia, mark the sites of
Info Bits the Indus valley civilisation.
Info Bits
Seals
The word ‘Mohenjodaro’ is a Sindhi word which
means ‘the mound of the dead’, while the word The historians and archaeologists have attached a
‘Harappan’ in Sindhi means ‘the food of Shiva’. great significance to the large number of seals that
were found there, their number exceeding 2,000.
Sculpture : The excavated statues include those of These seals were clay-tablets used for stamping
bull, watch-dog, dancing girl with a hand on the goods. They have been recovered from different
hip, a bust of yogi wearing a shawl and a dancer sites of the Harappan civilisation. They are made
standing on the right leg with the left leg raised of different materials, like glazed earthenware,
up. These show that they were quite proficient in ivory etc. These seals have been of much
the art of sculpture. importance in drawing inferences about this
civilisation. They tell us about their religion,
society and commercial activities. An important
aspect of these seals is the script carved on them.
It is possible that the script on these seals will help
to decipher the Harappan script.
Harappan Harappan Harappan Statue of
figuriens seals yogi Dancing Girl Quiz Time
Jewellery : The Harappan people produced
wonderful pieces of jewellery Fill in the blanks :
made of gold, silver, bronze 1. The discovery of ____________ greatly helped
and stones. This includes man in different fields, as in ____________ and
amulets, necklaces, finger- agriculture.
rings, earrings, girdles etc. It 2. The most important buildings in the citadel
appears that both men and were ____________.
women wore jewellery. Harappan jewellery
3. The economic and social ____________ of the
Pottery : Beautiful pieces of people are varied.
coloured and glazed pottery
4. The raised or upper part was called the
were produced. The glazed
____________.
pottery made by the
Harappan civilization is the 5. The main street at Mohenjodaro was about
earliest of its kind. Harappan pottery ____________ long and ____________ wide.
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