Indus Valley Civilization 3,000 B.C.E. – 1500 B.C.E.

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Indus Valley Civilization 3,000 B.C.E. – 1500 B.C.E.

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Where: Between the Indus and the Sarwati Rivers

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Indus Valley Civilization3,000 B.C.E. – 1500 B.C.E.

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Background

• Excavated in 1920s

• Lesser known ancient civilization

• Sophisticated public works

• A huge valley

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Where: Between the Indus and the Sarwati Rivers

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*Location in floodplain made for rich agricultural yield

*Flooded reliably 2 times a year

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Major Cities

•Mohenjo-Daro (lower)Agricultural cityGranariesPublic baths

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Major Cities

•Harappa (upper)

Public worksDomesticated animalsCultivation of wheat and rice

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Notable Indicators of an Advanced Society:

*Written language*Evidence of trade*Evidence of city planning *(sewers!)*Domesticated animals*Made cotton cloth

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Religious Element of Indus Valley Civilization• Little evidence

•Polytheistic

•Mother Goddess

•Bathing as a means of purification (Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro)

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E. Artistic/IntellectualElement of Indus Valley Civilization•Seals

•Figurines, Jewelry, Pottery

•Mathematics

•Pictograph Writing

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What was not found:

• Evidence Weapons or warfare• No accepted reason why they

left, only theories• Horses

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V. Decline of Indus Valley Civilization• Changing Rivers/Environmental Disaster?

• Invasion by the Aryans or people from the Caucasus

• Earthquake? Something Else?

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Images

• Great Bath

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Images

• Drain System

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Images• Toilets

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Images• Houses

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Further Questions?

•Why did the civilization not spread further?•What happened to them?•What was the importance of the baths?•What was their governmental structure such that it allowed for little-to-no violence?

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Sources

• http://www.crystalinks.com/induscivilization.html (Illustration of Harappa)

• http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/aryan-harappan-myth.html (Sarwati River Map)

http://www.crystalinks.com/induscivilization.html
http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/aryan-harappan-myth.html
http://www.archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/aryan-harappan-myth.html

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