The First Cities and Early Civilisations · c. 3300–1300 BCE

Life in a Harappan City

What people ate, wore, and did for a living: farming, crafts, bead-making, and long-distance trade.

Key Questions

  1. 1What crops did Harappan farmers grow?
  2. 2What crafts were the Harappans skilled at?
  3. 3How do we know that Harappan people traded with faraway places?

CBSE Learning Outcomes

CBSE: In the Earliest Cities - Class 6
Class: Class 6
Subject: Social Science
Unit: The First Cities and Early Civilisations
Period: c. 3300–1300 BCE

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