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The Mahrgarh Period II (5500 BCE)

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The Mahrgarh Period II (5500 BCE–4800 BCE) and Mahrgarh Period III (4800 BCE–3500 BCE) were ceramic Neolithic, using pottery, and later Chalcolithic. Period II is at site MR4 and Period III is at MR2.[2] Much evidence of manufacturing activity has been found and more advanced techniques were used. Glazed faience beads were produced and terracotta figurines became more detailed. Figurines of females were decorated with paint and had diverse hairstyles and ornaments. Two flexed burials were found in Period II with a red ochre cover on the body. The amount of burial goods decreased over time, becoming limited to ornaments and with more goods left with burials of females. The first button seals were produced from terracotta and bone and had geometric …show more content…

The first use of cotton in the history of mankind has been found at Mahrgarh. Mahrgarhians also knew how to weave fabric and wore it as a cloth. This shows the deep rooted affiliation of Pakistan’s geography and economy to cotton since old ages. The local cotton which is the present day white gold for Pakistan’s economy has roots in the ancient past.
Trade, Transportation and communication of Indus Valley …show more content…

The Indus valley civilization economy appears to have significantly on trade, which was facilitated by major advances in transport technology. The Indus valley Civilization may have been the first civilization to use wheeled transport. Two-Wheel carts pulled by oxen were used for heavy transport across the plains. These advances may have included bullock carts that are identical to those seen throughout South Asia today, as well as boats. Most of these boats were probably small, flat-bottom craft, perhaps driven by sail. There is secondary evidence of seagoing craft. The Indus valley artifacts, the trade networks, economically, integrated a huge area, including portion of Afghanistan, the coastal regions of Persia, northern and western India, and Mesopotamia. There is some evidence that trade contacts to Crete and possibly to Egypt. Such long distance sea trade became feasible with the innovative development of plank-built watercraft, equipped with a single central mast supporting a sail of woven rushes or

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