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VOl. 14 No. 2

The Harappan Civilization is known for their pottery DID yOU KNOW?
and metallurgy. Archaeologists found various terracotta
in 2015, a 4000-year old copper crown was
figurines, pottery, beads, weights, seals, and jewellery discovered in the village of Chandayan, uttar
across various sites. The materials used included clay, gold, Pradesh. it is believed to be from the
precious stones, glass and metals like copper and bronze. later period of indus Valley Civilization.
The crown was decorated with carnelian
and faience beads. some archaeologists
hArAPPAN PotterY: claim that the crown belonged to
PAiNted eArtheNWAre JAr someone important.
Tanishi Mathur, VII J, Delhi Public School, Sector 45,
Place: Mohenjo-Daro Gurgaon; Navreen Sran, X, DAV Public School, Amritsar
Gayathri,X,Global Indian International School,
Medium: Fire baked clay Chinchwad
Circa: 2500 bCe
Collection: The National hArAPPAN JeWeLLerY:
Museum, New Delhi BeAd NeCKLACe
This earthenware has been Illustration by: Siddharth Singh, Place: Mohenjo-Daro
excavated from Mohenjo- VIIB, Sir Padampat Singhania Edu.
Centre, Kanpur
Daro, and it has been Medium: gold, jade,
made on a potter's wheel using clay. For firmness, it agate and steatite
has been baked then painted using black color after Circa: 2600 - 1900 bCe
which it was polished. The motifs are leaves and
geometric designs. Collection: The National
Museum, New Delhi
Siddharth Singh, VII B, Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur
The necklace made of
steatite and gold beads capped with gold on both
PAshUPAti seAL sides was discovered at Mohenjo-Daro. This necklace is
only half of the original ornament, which was divided
The Pashupati steatite seal from between india and Pakistan in 1947.
Mohenjo-Daro is one of the
most significant indus Valley
finds. This seal is said to be that
of shiva (Pashupati). ACtiVitY:
Burhan Owais, IX A, Greenwood Senior
Secondary School, Rampur Create your own evidence card for
these objects excavated

Illustration by: Yashasvi, VII-E, The S.D. from different indus Valley sites.
Vidya School, Ambala Cantt.
Evidence record Sheet:
ACtiVitY : Date of discovery _________
Name of the archaeologist.
theN ANd NoW _______________________

Choose and sketch any what kind of object is it? Priest, Indus Valley
three objects excavated by Civilization
archaeologists that best describes _______________________________________________
the harappan civilization. which material is this? _____________________________
Compare and contrast these what was this object used for? ______________________
three objects with perhaps three
objects of everyday use today. which historical period does this object belong to?
_______________________________________________
Describe the object.

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