In the Earliest Cities — Social Science STD 6 — Question
Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6Social ScienceIn the Earliest Cities3 Marks
Question
What are raw materials? How did the Harappans make their provision?
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Answer
Meaning.
Raw materials are substances that are either found naturally (such as wood, or ores of metals) or produced by farmers or herders.
These are generally processed to produce finishing goods.
For instance cotton, produced by farmers, is a raw material that is processed to make cloth.
Provision or Search of Raw Materials:
While some of the raw materials that the Harappans used were available locally many items such as copper, tin, gold, silver and precious stones had to be brought from distant places.
The Harappans probably got copper from Rajasthan and even from Oman.
Tin, which was mixed with copper to produce bronze, may have been brought from Afghanistan and Iran.
Gold could have come all the way from Karnataka and
Precious stones from Gujarat, Iran and Afghanistan.
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