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Class -VI History, , In the Earliest Cities, , Answer1: Archaeologists have found spindles from the excavation sites. Presence of, spindles shows that people knew how to make cloths. This shows that people in the, Harappan Civilization used cloth., , , , , , , , , , , , Answer2:, Column I Column II, Copper Rajasthan, Gold Karnataka, Tin Afghanistan, Precious stones | Gujarat, , , , , , , , , , Answer3: Metals, writing, the wheel and the plough were important for the Harappans in, many ways. Metals were used for making various tools, utensils, jewelry and seals., Writing was useful for maintaining the records; related to trade and for various other, purposes. The wheel was used in carts to ferry people and goods. Wheel was also used as, potter’s wheel. Plough was used for tilling the land so that farming could be done, , Answer4: Animal figures, model cart and plough are some of the terracotta toys mentioned, in this lesson. | think, children would have liked playing with the model cart the most., Even today; most of the children enjoy playing with toy cars., , Answer5S: The people of Harappa ate various kinds of grains (rice, wheat, barley, pulses,, mustard, etc.), fruits (ber), fish, meat and milk. Most of these things we eat even today. At, present; we eat rice, wheat, pulses, fish, meat and milk. Barley is used barely by us., , Answer6: In chapter 3; discussion is mainly on rural people. But in this chapter, the, discussion is mainly on urban people. In both the cases; farmers and herders did the, same type of work. But their group was much bigger in case of the Harappan cities. Their, work could have been more organized; compared to what it was in earlier societies., Farmers and herders (in previous chapter) mainly produced for their own use. But in, case of the Harappan cities; the farmers and herders sold their surplus production.