Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the temples are public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Indus civilization people religion was perhaps more a personal and private matter than a public affair. The correct answer is :
Assertion (A): There is no conclusive proof of the temples are public places of worship in the Indus civilization. Reason (R): To the Indus civilization people religion was perhaps more a personal and private matter than a public affair. The correct answer is : Correct Answer (A) is true but (R) is false
The correct answer is (A) is true but (R) is false.
Key Points
- The Indus Valley people had a primitive religious system. The main goddess was a mother goddess representing fertility, they also worshipped animals.
- We have very little information about the religious life of the Indus valley people.
- Archaeologists haven’t found any structure resembling a temple or a palace or any monument. Hence, Assertion (A) is true.
- The absence of any palace or temple despite structures like granaries and public baths led historians to believe that the Indus Valley society was egalitarian i.e. based on the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. Hence, Reason (R) is false.
- The Indus Valley Civilization contained more than 1,000 cities and settlements.
- These cities contained well-organized wastewater drainage systems, trash collection systems, and possibly even public granaries and baths.
- Although there were large walls and citadels.
- In sharp contrast to this civilization's contemporaries, Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, no large monumental structures were built.
- There is no conclusive evidence of palaces or temples.
- To the Indus civilization people, religion was not a personal matter.
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