Look at Fig. 1.30 and describe what you see. How is the body placed? What are the objects placed near it? Are there any artefacts on the body? Do these indicate the sex of the skeleton?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

From the given figure we can make the following observations

• The body has been laid in north-south direction

• The grave contains pottery and some ornaments including a jar, which shows it has both utilitarian and luxurious objects

• It has bangles in hand which indicates the gender of The Skeleton

• The pottery and ornaments present in graves show that the Harappan believed that there is life after death

• A small stool can be seen near the dead body with a plate on it, it indicates that it might have been placed for serving food.