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Ancient Indus questions answered by Rita P. Wright, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University, Assistant Director of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project, and Director of the Beas Landscape and Settlement Survey near Harappa. She is author of The Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy, and Society and on this website the essay Beas Landscape and Settlement Survey.

86. If you were a child in the ancient Indus valley, what would an average day be like for you?

Gwen Robbins Schug
Nisha Yadav
Paolo Biagi
Rita P. Wright

Gwen Robbins Schug, Paolo Biagi, Rita P. Wright and Nisha Yadav answer.

32. What did the Harappa people eat? From what flowers/minerals did they get their pigments from?

Rita P. Wright

Submitted by Giuseppe

Rita Wright
The Harappans in the urban period had a varied diet principally based on wheat, barley, millets and cattle, sheep and goat. In my book, Ancient Indus: Urbanism, Economy and Society, there are two chapters that list these different foods. These are Chapters 6 and 7. My answer is based on the result of the research of Steven Weber our paleobotanist sometimes called archaeobotanist.

87. Is there any indication of slavery or ritual human sacrifice in the IVC?

Gwen Robbins Schug
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
Rita P. Wright

Gwen Robbins Schug, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Rita P. Wright answer.

17. What is your considered opinion on how and why the Indus valley civilization came to an end?

Jane McIntosh
Richard H. Meadow
Shereen Ratnagar
Rita P. Wright

Submitted by Manzoor

Jane McIntosh
I don't think that there was a single cause of the Indus civilization's end; rather it was the cumulative effect of a number of factors:

88. What role do you think the Rohri flint mines played in the Indus civilization?

Massimo Vidale
Paolo Biagi
Randall Law
Rita P. Wright

Randall Law

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