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Write brief essay: The burial customs in the Indus Civilization.
- UPSC 1993
- Indus Valley Civilization
Mortuary practice is one of the few windows archaeology has into Harappan beliefs about death and social status, and what the cemeteries at Harappa, Kalibangan, Lothal, Rakhigarhi, Surkotada, and Ropar reveal is a civilization that treated burial with a striking mix of ritual consistency and quiet restraint — a pattern that sets it apart from…
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- The Dominant Rite: Extended Inhumation
- Variations Within the Norm
- Alternative Rites: Fractional Burial and Cremation
- What Grave Goods — and Their Absence — Reveal About Harappan Society
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