Ancient Indian History Test 12

• Lothal is a small Harappan settlement. it was excavated by SR Rao in 1957.
• In the excavation at lothal, he found a dockyard, a graveyard & rice husk
• In Dholavira - A signage was found on the ground with large letters of over 37 centimeters, the letters were made of gypsum, gypsum is used in making tiles
• In Bhagwanpura - The people used to live in huts and later they began to build walled houses, a house of thirteen rooms was found in bhagwanpura which possibly belonged to a chief.
• In Mohenjodaro - A bearded man was unearthed and the archaeologists called it priest-king. 
• The bearded man was wearing a ribbon with a circular ornament on his forehead and a similar ornament but of smaller size was found on his arm. 

There have been pieces of evidence of the fact that Indus Valley people used to gamble and play the board game. Archaeologists have found dice made from cubes of sandstone and terracotta at Harappa. These dice are supposedly oldest dice in the world. 

The Indo Iranian group of Aryans settled in Iran and parts of northwestern India. Aryans came in hordes and first settled in northwestern India, from where they migrated gradually towards the Gangetic valley, northeastern India, and southern India.

The terracotta seals and figurines recovered from Harappan sites were of various range: Toys, cult objects such as Mother Goddess, birds, animals such as monkeys, dogs, sheep, humped and humpless bulls. Buffalos were conspicuous by its absence in the terracottas of Indus valley civilization.