Needs Of The Indus Valley Civilisation

 Through different ages and eras, the basic human needs have remained the same, but the way we fulfil  them still changes.

In the Indus Valley Civilisation the need of architecture was fulfilled differently than today. 3300-1300 BCE was the time when the Indus Valley Civilisation thrived. They built perpendicular and well-planned streets which ran through the cities. Now we have highways, flyovers, expressways and more. These new forms of roads were probably built as when time passed by, humans became more busy and spread out. They need proper roads and transportation to get to different places, this introduced highways and flyovers, to get around faster. Houses in the Indus Valley were made of interlocking, baked bricks. In the present era we use brick, metal, and even glass! This change occurred as now humans have a abundance of materials like glass and metal, to use it all we started making structures and buildings. As a result this started the classification of modern and old-fashioned. Amazing structures, like the great bath of Mohenjo-daro(present day Pakistan), were made in the time period.

Similarly, in the Indus Valley the need of trade and wealth was fulfilled differently than today. Most trade of the Indus Valley happened with the Mesopotamian Civilisation. They gave jewellery and got raw material in return. Now we import and export goods like wheat. This happens because now we don't need much raw material as we can get it ourself. In the Indus Valley trade happened with goods like rice and jewellery, now we use money to buy things. This change took place as humans thought their should be a universal currency to buy things.The Mesopotamian Civilisation and the Indus Valley Civilisation were separated by the Indian Ocean so all trade happened by ships, now we prefer planes and trains instead. The reason behind this is that trains and planes are now much more convenient to us. Some famous ports of the Indus Valley are Dholavira, lothal and more.

In conclusion the human needs really don't change, but they are fulfilled differently throughout the eras.

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  1. Adwita the greatMarch 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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