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Ancient River Valley Civilisation: The Indus Valley — Question 2

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State two features of the religion of the Harappan people.

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Two features of the religion of the Harappan people are:

  1. Numerous clay figures of a female deity have been found. This was probably the Mother Goddess. A three-faced figure, seated in a yogic posture, surrounded by various animals, is engraved on some seals. Some historians believe it to be an earlier form of Pashupati (Lord Shiva). Hence, it is evident that the Harappan people believed in Mother Goddess and Pashupati.
  2. The people of Harappa believed in life after death. This is evident from the fact that excavated graves contain pottery, jewellery and other articles, which they thought would be needed in the afterlife.