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What they built
Handmade
sun-dried brick houses
and
granaries
(buildings to store grain)
What they grew
Wheat
and
barley
What they reared
Sheep
,
goats
and
Indian cattle
- the
zebu humped bull
in particular
How they buried their dead
In graves
What ornaments they made
Ornaments from
semi-precious stones
- attractive, valuable stones - namely
lapis lazuli
(deep blue) and
carnelian
(reddish-orange), and from
shells
What was special
They were the
first to make copper objects
Word meanings:
- Sun-dried brick - mud shaped into bricks and hardened in the sun, not baked in fire.
- Semi-precious stones - attractive, valuable stones, but less rare than gems like diamonds.
- Zebu - the Indian humped bull, still seen in villages today.
