Question

Which of the following was not a feature of trade links between the Indus Valley and other contemporary West Asian civilisation?

• A. Indus Valley seals has been found from Sumer, Elam and Mesopotamia
• B. Trade between the Indus Valley and Sumer was carried on by land(through Baluchistan) and partly by sea
• C. Literary and Archaeological evidences are found at both Harappa and Mesopotamia towns
• D. Harappan economy was dependent on imports from West Asia

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Harappan economy was dependent on imports from West Asia

It would be completely wrong if we say that Harappan economy was DEPENDENT on imports from West Asia. The trade was not limited to West Asia, they traded with South Asia and Central Asia. They also traded with few African civilizations such as Egypt.
The trade networks of Indus Valley Civilization had covered portions of Afghanistan, coastal regions of Persia, Northern and Western India and Mesopotamia. It was also extended to Crete and Egypt.