| With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus Valley people, which of the following statements is/are correct? |
| 1. Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare whereas the people of Indus Valley Civilisation did not leave any evidence of using them. |
| 2. Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver and copper whereas Indus, Valley people knew only copper and iron. |
| 3. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse whereas there is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal. |
| Select the correct answer using the code given below: |
A) Only1
B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
Exp. [c, a] Indus people were basically peace loving. Their arms (swords, daggers, arrow-heads, and spears) were primitive in nature. No evidence of armour, helmet, body armour or shield is available. The Aryans, on the contrary, were warlike people and were conversant with all kinds of traditional arms and armour and had devised a full-fledged 'science of war'. The horse, which played a decisive role in the Aryan system of warfare, was not known to the Indus people. A few bones of horse and terracotta figure of a 'horse-like animal' have been unearthed from Surkotada (Gujarat) and still it has not been convincingly proved that the horse was employed by the Harappans. The Indus valley people knew the use of copper, bronze, silver and gold but not iron. One counter view is also their On the other hand, some scholars claim that the horse was widely domesticated and used in India in the area covered by the Indus-Sarasvati (or Harappan) Civilisation, but this evidence remains unsubstantiated. At Surkotda and Lothal horse evidence has also been found. But, based on the above, to say that "there is no evidence of Indus valley people having been aware of this animal" is WRONG because there is no conclusive evidence that tells us whether they knew about horses, or whether they were aware of horses. We have insufficient evidence to claim anything about the connection between horses and Indus valley.
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