Question

The inscriptions discovered from Mesopotamia mention their trade relation with ......................

• A. Meluha
• B. Rome
• C. Dilmun
• D. Greek

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Meluha

• The agricultural progress led to surplus production and storage of grains. Accurate weights and measures were used for exchanging the stored products.

• The inscriptions discovered from Mesopotamia mention their trade relation with Meluha. Historians opine that Meluha is probably Harappa. The Mesopotamian seals found from Harappa also prove this trade link.

• Lothal was one of the centres of maritime trade

• No evidence for the use of coins has been found yet.

• They collected copper from the mines of Khetri in the present Rajastan and tin from the present Afghanistan and central Asia.

• Copper was mixed with tin to produce bronze, to make tools and weapons. Hence Harappan civilization came to be known as Bronze Age civilization.