The Indus Valley

Learning Objective: To explore the technology used by the Indus Valley civilisation.

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What do you think these are? What were they used for?

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The Indus Valley www.planbee.com Attribution: Nomu420 This is a set of Indus Valley weighing scales and weights. Several of these have been found in the Indus Valley. Most of the scales were made from copper. The weights were cubes made from a flinty rock called grey chert. The smallest cubes found weighed around one gram. The Indus Valley www.planbee.com The cubes were all uniform Why do you think the weights. This meant that the weight of an item could be weights were made checked by anyone who had from stone not clay? access to a set of weights and some scales. Think, pair, share The Indus Valley www.planbee.com Clay chips easily which would have affected the These weights were accuracy of the weights. much more accurate They were made from stone than anything Britain so they were more accurate. had at that time!

The Indus Valley www.planbee.com The Indus Valley civilisation also had a very accurate system of measure. An ivory scale was found in Lothal with a scale of around 1.6 mm. This is the smallest measurement ever found from the Bronze Age.

What does their level of accuracy tell us about the civilisation?

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Victorian Britain CE 2000 1837 - 1901 Write three Share your facts facts about the with a partner, then Indus Valley share some of them civilisation. with the class. Does everyone agree they are facts?

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