DETAILED SUMMARY - 3
>Mohenjodaro
Largest site of Indus civilization
>Rakhigarhi
Largest Indian site of Indus civilization
>COMMON FEATURES OF MAJOR CITIES
Systematic town planning on the lines of grid system
Use of burnt bricks in constructions
Underground drainage system (Giant water reservoirs in Dholavira)
Fortified citadel (Exception - Chanhudaro)
>Surkotada, Kutch, Gujarat, India
Only Indian site where the remains of a horse have actually been found
>Main crops
Wheat and Barley; Evidence of cultivation of rice in Lothal and Rangpur (Gujarat, India) only.
Other crops:
Dates, mustard, sesamum, cotton etc.
>INDUS PEOPLE WERE THE FIRST TO PRODUCE COTTON IN THE WORLD
>Animals
Sheep, goat, humped and humpless bull, buffalo, boar, dog, cat, pig, fowl, deer, tortoise, elephant, camel, rhinoceros, tiger etc.
Lion was not known to Indus people.
From Amari a single instance of Indian rhinoceros has been reported