Types of Urban Centres


 
 
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Types of Urban Centres

The Second Urbanisation:-

  • Urbanisation is the process by which larger rural settlement gradually grow into towns and then cities, and people move from village to these towns.
  • The age of Indus Valley civilisation is referred to as the first age of urbanisation in India. The age of first urbanisation is the period related to Harappan culture or the Indus Valley civilisation. It was the era of bronze age where iron was not known to people but still urban centres were developed. Town planning was a distinctive feature of that era. Art and craft was well-developed during the Harappan culture. This period was completely different from the pre-historic period settlement and that is why, this is often referred as the age of first urbanisation. The Indus Valley civilisation marked a shift of a tribal society to a civilised society.
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    Question : 1

    Which of the following is not a kind of urban centre?

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 2

    Tamralipti, on the mouth of the ganga was the main port on the ________ coast.

    Right Option : A
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    Question : 3

    _______ was a major port city which handled most of the sea trade from the west.

    Right Option : B
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