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Main craft
Pottery
- large-scale production, with unique shapes and painted designs in each region
Other crafts
Copper work
,
shell work
, and
semi-precious stone beads
Where beads were made
Harappa
(Pakistan),
Kunal
(Haryana),
Datrana
(Gujarat)
What continued from before
Pottery traditions, stone beads,
shell bangles
,
terracotta
(baked clay) objects, copper working
What was new
A
perimeter wall
around the settlement, the
use of seals
, and the beginnings of the
Harappan script
Early signs of writing
Graffiti on pottery
and a few
seals with geometric and simple animal motifs
, at
Harappa, Rehman Dheri and Kunal
Farming
Ploughed fields at Kalibangan
with criss-crossing plough lines (furrows)
Trade
Standard
weights and measures
, and smooth
trade between regions
Word meanings:
- Graffiti - marks or signs scratched onto a surface.
- Motif - a design or pattern that is repeated.
- Perimeter wall - a wall built all around a settlement.
