TNPSC Group 1 Notes - Indian History
HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION
1. 3500 BC – 2600 BC Early Harappan period
2. 2600 BC – 1800 BC Mature Harappan period
3. From 1800 BC Late Harappan period
4. Archeologists Sir John Marshal, R.D. Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni
5. Urban civilization – Town planning, Drainage system are impressive features.
6. Occupation – Agriculture (Rice field – Lothal) cultivated cotton, dates, rice, and wheat.
7. Animal Rearing – Cattle, Sheep & Goat were known to them. But they did not aware of Horse.
8. Graft – Terracotta Paintings, Iron was not known to them. Bronze statue of Dancing Girl.
9. Religion – Worshipped Mother Goddess and Male God Pasupati
10. Indus script – Not deciphered so far. May be proto – Dravidian – FatherHeres