Question

State your opinion.

The Harappan cities seem to have a well-organised administrative system.

Answer 1

1. The Harappan cities had a well organised administrative system to manage industrial production, import-export, the interrelationship between cities managing trading operations and villages around them.
2. The town planning, standardisation of bricks, weights, seals, shapes, and ornamentation of various objects, confirm the presence of an efficient administrative system.
3. Cities like Harappa and Mohenjodaro were perhaps regional capitals.
4. Lothal and Kalibangan were important religious centres,
5. However, the nature of Harappan polity, whether it was a single state or a federation of small states, is not yet known.