question_answer 6)

Do you think that the life of farmers and herders who supplied food to the Harappan cities was different from that of the farmers and herders you read about in Chapter 3? Give reasons for your answer.  

Answer:

The life of the Harappan farmers and herders was different from the farmers and herders we read in Chapter 3, because of the following reasons: (i) Harappan farmers stored their food in granaries. (ii) Harappan farmers irrigated their fields with flood waters. Fields were mostly near rivers or other water sources. To increasing their production they developed the different method of irrigation. (iii) Harappan farmers lived on the outer area of the city. Basically they lived in villages.