16th Jan, 2020: Vedant Sharma
Indian Civilization, also known as the Indus Valley Civilization, is the earliest known civilization of the Indian Subcontinent. The settlements in this civilization started around 10,000 BC. The archeological remains of this civilization were found at Mehrgarh from 7500 BC.
The food and agriculture found in these settlements included barley, millets and grains.
The Chalcolithic Age or the copper age existed during 1600 to 1300 BC. This was the age of transition from framers using tools out of ‘stones’ to farmers using tools out of ‘bronze’. The copper melting facility was found at Belovode, Russia.
The Malwa Culture was believed to have poor urban planning. The remains of farming tools was the evidence for the existence of agriculture.The bones of animals were also found in this region as they take a long time to degrade. The Indus valley civilization on the other hand, was considered to have a very good urban planning.
The Jorwe culture came after the Malwa Culture. It was also known as the Deccan Chalcolithic Age. It had around two hundred settlements. It included two periods, namely: The Early Phase ( from 1600- 1000 BC) and the Late Phase ( from 1000 – 700 BC).
The biggest city here was Daimabad. It consisted of a fortified wall which suggested the presence of a kingdom. The urban planning here was better than the Malwa culture but not as good as the Indus valley civilization. Pottery again consisted of geometric patterns but only made in black.
A broad discussion in class helped us in understanding this civilization in a better way and also helped us in learning about many things about the cultures which were unknown to us before.
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