NDA2015General AbilityGeneral StudiesActual
Harappan crafts display an amazing degree of standardization. According to Kenoyer, what was the possible reason for such an achievement ?
Options
- AAvailability of raw materials at local level
- BCentralized markets for crafts
- CSpecialized training centres for craftsmen
- DState control
Correct answer
D. State control
Step-by-step solution
Kenoyer has suggested that state control may have been responsible for high level of standardisation in crafts that were considered to have a value in maintaining the socio-economic or ritual order and which used non-local raw materials and highly complex technologies.