Which of the following is NOT a true element of Harappan architecture?
Cities had magnificent palaces, monuments and royal tombs
This is a NOT question, so the correct choice is the statement that is false about Harappan (Indus Valley) architecture.
Harappan cities were famous for planned layouts with grid-pattern streets, public structures like the Great Bath and granaries, and well-built residential houses, so the first statement is true.
They used standardized kiln-fired (baked) bricks in a fixed 1:2:4 ratio and an advanced drainage system, so the second statement is true; their construction was practical and utilitarian rather than ornamental, so the third statement is also true.
Unlike Egyptian or Mesopotamian civilisations, the Harappans left behind no grand palaces, temples, royal monuments or royal tombs, and no evidence of a powerful monarchy has been found, which makes the fourth statement the false one.
Hence, the element that is NOT true of Harappan architecture is that cities had magnificent palaces, monuments and royal tombs.
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