Question

What artifacts and evidence suggest that Harappa and Mohenjo-Dara were busy, thriving cities?

Answer 1

The city's wealth and stature is evident in artifacts such as ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, as well as the baked-brick city structures themselves.
Harappan and Mohenjodaro were recognized as well-planned towns because their roadways were built out in a grid layout, connecting at right angles. The towns of the Indus Valley Civilisation possessed an excellent drainage system. The street drain was connected to every dwelling

Answer 2

What artifacts and evidence suggest that Harappa and Mohenjo-Dara were busy, thriving cities?

The artifacts and evidence in Harappa and Mohenjo-Dara recognized as well-planned town because their roadways were built out in a grid layout, connecting at right angles.

Aftifacts:

Harappan uses dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls.

Mohenjo-Dara uses fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures.

Evidence:

Harappan uses advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls.

Mohenjo-Dara studys the ruins of Mohenjodaro, we see that the city was carefully planned.