Specialization in Occupations
The Social Structure:
Craftsmen: Craftsmen had strong family organizations with each other, and taught their skill to their children. Children essentially learned work from their families. Craftsmen also made seals. The number of seals that were found portrays the great amount of literacy within the people. These seals were made of terracotta, and used by merchants to stamp their goods.
Artisans and Pottery Makers: Most city dwellers were traders or artisans, they had a pre-acquired sense of economy and belonging, as well as a belief of equality and a very little regard for social classes and did not have the large gulf between rich and poor as found in other civilizations. The common misconception of a large gap between wealthy and poor was not evident in their society.
Trade and Traders: Trade would have been facilitated by a major advance in transport technology. The Indus valley civilization was the first to use wheeled transport, such as the bullock carts used in South Asia today. Cotton was one of the main things that was traded and still, to this day is one of the largest exports of Pakistan, as well as rice. Cotton and rice are the two chief exports of both the Indus Valley Civilization, and modern day Pakistan.
Agriculture played a large and significant part in the Indus Valley economy. Trade was also significant in the civilization and the development of culture. Materials from distant regions were used in the construction of seals, beads, and other objects. Judging from their large area, their trade networks stretched across Afghanistan, the coastal regions of Persia, Northern and Western India, and Mesopotamia.
- Spinning pottery, weaving.
- The discovery of various equipment made of bronze, copper which indicate metal work as their major profession.
- Pot maker- Pottery in red with designs painted in black resembling shapes
- Sword maker- the discovery of various equipment such as axes, knives, and spears suggest that metal work was common in towns, cities, etc. (Daggers made of Bronze and copper.)
- Designer- The designing of seals, made of clay with figures of animals, such as, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles, etc. (animals were significant in the Harrapan society)
The Social Structure:
Craftsmen: Craftsmen had strong family organizations with each other, and taught their skill to their children. Children essentially learned work from their families. Craftsmen also made seals. The number of seals that were found portrays the great amount of literacy within the people. These seals were made of terracotta, and used by merchants to stamp their goods.
Artisans and Pottery Makers: Most city dwellers were traders or artisans, they had a pre-acquired sense of economy and belonging, as well as a belief of equality and a very little regard for social classes and did not have the large gulf between rich and poor as found in other civilizations. The common misconception of a large gap between wealthy and poor was not evident in their society.
Trade and Traders: Trade would have been facilitated by a major advance in transport technology. The Indus valley civilization was the first to use wheeled transport, such as the bullock carts used in South Asia today. Cotton was one of the main things that was traded and still, to this day is one of the largest exports of Pakistan, as well as rice. Cotton and rice are the two chief exports of both the Indus Valley Civilization, and modern day Pakistan.
Agriculture played a large and significant part in the Indus Valley economy. Trade was also significant in the civilization and the development of culture. Materials from distant regions were used in the construction of seals, beads, and other objects. Judging from their large area, their trade networks stretched across Afghanistan, the coastal regions of Persia, Northern and Western India, and Mesopotamia.