Jobs Specialization
The Indus River Civilization had many occupations that had to be conducted in order to sustain a proper lifestyle. Some jobs may include trading goods, farming, making of fire, bricking house, making toys out of clay, pottery, etc.
- The majority of the population would have been peasant farmers. They would make a living by growing enough food for themselves and selling the surplus. They would take their surplus food products to the cities to sell at market.
- Indus valley farmers grew wheat, barley, rice, mustard, sesame, dates, melons and cotton and they raised cattle, water buffaloes, sheep and pigs.
- There would have been skilled artisans and craftsmen, builders, carpenters, metalworkers, leather workers, weavers, and of course potters, much beautiful pottery has been discovered in the Indus Valley.
- Women worked at some trades as well, spinning for instance is almost always a female occupation, and they may have been weavers and potters also.
- Many people would have been employed as servants, anyone who could afford to keep a servant would probably have at least one, and wealthy people might have dozens.
- Indus Valley cities had indoor plumbing, with drainage pipes, and there would probably be men employed to maintain the plumbing and sewage system of the cities.