Question

With reference to Indus Valley Civilization, which one of the following statements is not correct?
1. The art of bronze-casting was practised on a wide scale by the Harappans.
2. Spinning of cotton and wool was not know to Harappan people.
3. One of the best known artefacts from the Indus Valley- A four inch high copper figure of a dancing girl was found in Mohenjodaro.
4. The Indus Valley people made terracotta images also, but compared to the stone and bronze statues, the terracotta representations of human form are crude in the Indus Valley.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Spinning of cotton and wool was not know to Harappan people.

The correct answer is Spinning of cotton and wool was not know to Harappan people.

• The art of bronze-casting was practised on a wide scale by the Harappans. Hence, statement 1 is correct.
  • Their bronze statues were made using the ‘lost wax’ technique in which the wax figures were first covered with a coating of clay and allowed to dry.
  • In bronze, we find human as well as animal figures, the best example of the former being the statue of a girl popularly titled ‘Dancing Girl’.
  • The copper dog and bird of Lothal and the bronze figure of a bull from Kalibangan are in no way inferior to the human figures of copper and bronze from Harappa and Mohenjodaro.
• One of the best-known artefacts from the Indus Valley is an approximately four-inch high copper figure of a dancing girl.
  • Found in Mohenjodaro, this exquisite casting depicts a girl whose long hair is tied in a bun. Hence, statement 3 is correct.
• The Indus Valley people made terracotta images also but compared to the stone and bronze statues the terracotta representations of the human form are crude in the Indus Valley. Hence, statement 4 is correct.
  • They are more realistic in Gujarat sites and Kalibangan.
  • The most important among the Indus figures are those representing the mother goddess.

• It is evident from the discovery of a large number of spindles and spindle whorls in the houses of the Indus Valley that spinning of cotton and wool was very common. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
• Men and women wore two separate pieces of attire similar to the dhoti and shawl.