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In ancient India, what was the impact of western world and India on each other?

In ancient India, what was the impact of western world and India on each other? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Contacts with the west: From the earliest known civilization of ‘Indus valley’, there had been contact with western world. There are discoveries at Mohenjodaro that there was intercourse between the Indus valley and western world. According to the Jewish […]

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Discuss salient features of the Indus Valley Civilization. Mention important places from where relics of civilization have been recovered so far. Examine causes of its decline.

Discuss salient features of the Indus Valley Civilization. Mention important places from where relics of civilization have been recovered so far. Examine causes of its decline. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Indus valley Civilization occupies a huge area. Sites have been found in Afghanistan; in the Punjab, Sind, Baluchistan, and North-West Frontier province of Pakistan; in Jammu, Punjab, […]

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In the  absence  of  a  written  script  Chalcolithic  pottery  gives  us  a  fascinating  insight into the culture and life styles of the people of those times. Comment critically. 

Q. In the  absence  of  a  written  script  Chalcolithic  pottery  gives  us  a  fascinating  insight into the culture and life styles of the people of those times. Comment critically.  Ans: First metal to be used, mostly by the end of Neolithic period, was Copper and period was called Chalcolithic period. It is called Chalcolithic because of […]

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