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Agriculture was one of their occupations. How can you prove this? (with the findings)
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Solution
- Agriculture might have been their main occupation since they settled near the Indus river bank.
- We find the terracotta plough which might have been used for agriculture.
- They used granaries to store food grain.
- A granary with walls made of mud, bricks, which are still in good condition, has been discovered in Rakhigarhi, a village in Haryana belonging to the Mature Harappan phase.
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