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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020-21
                                                 CLASS VI HISTORY
                                          CH3- IN THE EARLIEST CITIES
        NOTES
        SUB TOPIC- HOUSES, DRAINS AND STREETS
        Main features-
              Houses were connected to drains
              Drains were covered with stone slabs
              Streets intersected in right angles.
              Most houses had a separate bathing area and some had wells to supply water.
              Drains in houses were connected to streets and smaller drains which ultimately led into bigger
               ones.
        SUB TOPIC- LIFE IN THE CITY
        Harappan city was a very busy place.

            1.  Rulers were the people who planned the construction of special buildings in the city. Rulers
               sent people to distant lands to get metal, precious stones, and other things that they wanted.
            2.  Scribes were the people who knew how to write and help in preparing the seals and perhaps
               write on other materials that have not survived.
            3.  There were men and women, crafts persons who used to make all kinds of things.
            4.  Many terracotta toys have been found in Harappan cities which show that children must have
               played with these.
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