Which of the following statements about the Indus Valley Civilization is NOT true?
- AIt was an urban civilisation where people lived in well planned towns
- BAnimal meat was the staple food
- CIt flourished around 2500 BC in the present day Pakistan and Western India
- DThe houses were made of baked bricks
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Statement B is not entirely true or characteristic as the primary descriptor. The staple diet of the Indus Valley people consisted of agricultural grains like wheat and barley, supplemented by pulses, millets, sesame, and animal products (meat and fish), making agriculture the mainstay rather than animal meat alone as the sole staple food.