Question
Download Solution PDFThe people of the Indus Valley Civilisation worshipped ________.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Pashupati.
Key Points
- The seals of the Harappan Civilization were mainly square-shaped and made from a stone called steatite from these seals we get an idea of the religious life of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
- The chief male deity was Pashupati, (proto-Siva) represented in seals as sitting in a yogic posture with three faces and two horns.
- He is surrounded by four animals (elephant, tiger, rhino, and buffalo) and two deer appear on his feet.
- The Indus Valley Civilization was spread from present-day North-East Afghanistan to Pakistan and North-West India.
Additional Information
Important facts to be remembered.
- Social features:-
- Indus valley civilization is the first urbanization in India.
- It has a well-planned drainage system, grid pattern, and town planning.
- They have possessed equality in society.
- Religious Facts:-
- Matridevi or Shakti is the Mother goddess.
- Yoni worship and Nature worship existed.
- They worshipped trees like Peepal.
- They also worshipped Fire worship called Havan Kund.
- Pashupati Mahadeva is known as the lord of Animals.
- The people of the Indus Valley Civilization worshipped Animal worship like unicorns and ox.
- Economic facts:-
- Indus valley civilization is based on agriculture.
- Trade and commerce flourished in this period.
- A dockyard has been found at Lothal.
- There were export and import.
- Production of cotton was there.
- At Lothal, weights and measures of truth existed in Harappan culture was seen.
- The weights and were usually cubical in shape. and were made of limestone, steatite, etc
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