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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                 STD VI- HISTORY
                                 CH 4 – The Beginnings of Indian Civilization
                                                        NOTES

               Sub topic 4 -What Did the Harappans Eat?A Brisk Trade, Life and Culture

               Important Terms:
               Pulses: A category of crops that includes beans, peas and lentils (dal).


               The Harappans created many of their settlements along the banks of large or
               small rivers not just for easy access to water, but also for agriculture, since
               rivers enrich the soil around them.


                   ❖ Agriculture: barley, wheat, millets, some rice, pulses, vegetables.
                   ❖ Cotton cultivation for clothes.
                   ❖ Domesticated animals and fishing.

                   ❖ Diet included dairy, turmeric, ginger, banana.


               A Brisk Trade

               The Harappans were engaged in active trade, not only within their own
               civilisation (other cities nearby or far away), but with other civilisations and

               cultures within and outside India.

                   ❖ Exports: ornaments, timber, daily-use objects, cotton, possibly food.
                   ❖ Imports: possibly copper and other metals.

                   ❖ Land, river, and sea routes (Lothal had a dockyard).
                   ❖ Seals used for identification and trade purposes.




                Life, Culture and symbolic objects

                   ❖ Artifacts: bronze mirrors, terracotta pots, games, whistles.
                   ❖ Cultural objects: Dancing Girl figurine, Priest King statue, symbolic seals.

                   ❖ Many activities and traditions still familiar today.
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