FAUNA FLORA AND FISH: A PREVIEW OF DAILY FOOD PATTERN IN INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

Abstract

As the Indus Civilization was recognized in 1829 by Charles Mason, followed by the discovery of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro Metropolitans and thousands of all type settlements qualified the occurrence of a complex civilization was agreed throughout the globe. This civilization spread over South Asia where five million people lived and interacted to each other. Many sociocultural features remained complicated. water and fodder is basic key for survival thus, the question is What did they eat and where did they obtained their food.

In this paper the issue of food pattern is examined and for concrete understandings, other ancient civilization of Mesopotamia and Egypt are considered as a guide for (a) getting knowledge about social setup and (b) what and how did they eat. Further support is taken by the ethnoarchaeological documentation. The discussion also includes the availability of food vessels and their utility; the ways and types of food obtaining; cooking procedures and places like hearths and oven and utensils involved are given due place. The types and kinds of serving utensils are elaborated for frequent and infrequent use, ritual and regular use and the vessels expressing the status division in given society. The significance of present work is fabricated in new direction of perceiving the results about social setup through feast and feast furniture of the Indus Civilization.