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Submitted by, Anisha J S

Social Science

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The Indus River Runs through north India, sources at Hindu Kush, Himalayas Rich deposits, but less predictable than the Nile Wheat and barley were cultivated in Indus valley Cultivated cotton before 5000 B.C.E. Complex society of Dravidians, 3000/2500 B.C.E.

Harappa and Mohenjo-daro Possibly served as twin capitals Each city had a fortified citadel and a large granary Broad streets, market places, temples, public buildings Standardized weights, measures, architecture, bricks

Specialized labor and trade Domestic trade, items inc. pottery, tools, metals Trading with Mesopotamians about 2300 to 1750 B.C.E.

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Social distinctions as seen from living styles Religious beliefs strongly emphasized fertility

Many deities were feminine In later Hinduism, Dravidian gods are blue-faced

Harappan society declined from 2000 B.C.E. onward Ecological degradation led to a subsistence crisis Natural catastrophes - floods or earthquakes Population began to abandon their cities by about

1700 B.C.E. Almost entirely collapsed by about 1500 B.C.E Evidence of warfare, invasion

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The Great Bath

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Name derived from one of its major city; Mohenjo Daro “city of the dead,”was another large city. The size of the area is around the size of England, France and Spain combined.

Economy based on the cultivation of wheat, barley and peas, and on trading with the Mesopotamians and others to the west.

Contemporary with the Mid and Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Sumarian, Akkadian, and Old Babylonian periods

No remains of royal tombs, palace, or large public art work.

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The city was built on a grid pattern in rectangular block; buildings were made of standard size mud or baked bricks; had sewage and drainage systems

large streets Residence house constructed around the courtyard;

up to three stories (estimates had c. 35,000 inhabitants; located on the East side of the city

Granaries and citadel on the West side Baths: provided water for residences or may have

been used for general bathing and ritual ceremonies (made of brick and sealed with bitumen)

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Great Bath

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Made of clay (terracotta, stone, and bronze)

Male and Female figures may represent religious figures which associated with fertility.

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Figurine of “Dancing Girl,” bronze

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Terracotta figurine

Toy animals made of terracotta

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Seals carved with a copper burin, coated with alkali, and baked to glaze the surface; depicted animals (e.g,humped back bull, bull, goat, elephant, crocodile) mythical animals (e.g., unicorn) standing in front of an incense burner or a trough, human figures; more than 4000 have been recovered.

Note: inscription of seals (with 3-10 characters) which are not decipherable; may be used for business as the seals to signify the ownership of traded merchandise; writing disappeared for 1500 years

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Seals

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Hand thrown vessels decorated with red slip and black painted decoration (animals, geometric, floral and vegetation motifs)

Pipal (Figus religiosa) or Bodhi leave

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Crafted goods and painted pottery

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Harappa was highly structured, organized urban culture with an agricultural economy

They probably worshipped gods and goddesses of fertility and have practiced yogic meditation and asceticism.

The destruction of the civilization: flooding and water resources (the shifting of water system)