Beginning of civilization in India

1. INDIA
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
EARLY: C. 3300-2600
MIDDLE: C. 2600-1900
LATE: C. 1900-1200 BCE
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6. ● Dholavira

8. • Indigenous culture
• Dravidian culture
• Mohenjo-daro
(Mound of the Dead)
• Planned city
• Urban society
• Great Bath
• Hieroglyph
• Brahmi
Questions
• Both Chinese and Indian
cultures began around the same
time, so why not begin with
China?
• Why India, first?
TERMS TO REMEMBER

13. Foot bridge on Indus River in Pakistan

21. House keeping announcement
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22. • Mercantile society
• Traded with the Near East
• Traded grains and crafts
• Seals used for ownership
• Well-ventilated granary for longer storage
• Baked bricks

23. • Standard weights and measurements—all bricks are of the
same size, dimension and weight
• Cart, discovery of wheels
• Concept of zero so crucial for solving mathematical
problems thousands of years later
• Hieroglyphic script, not deciphered
• Harvard project on Indus scrip
• What do all these say about the Indus culture?

24. • Straight and broad roads w/sidewalks
• Water reservoir
• Public bath—the presence of the Great Bath
• Flowing water system
• First flushing toilet
• Emphasis on purity and sanitation

25. • Refuge disposal system, covered sewage system
• Ritual purification of mind and body
• Raising and taking care of animals, including
husbandry
• Animal lovers—cow
• Bull, cow, horse
• Modern concept of ecology & urban planning

26. Granary w/ventilation
Large warehouse for long-term storage
with loading and unloading system
Is Wal*mart, a mega store, inspired by the Indus Valley
warehouse system of some 4,000 years ago?

28. Ceremonial Vessels
C. 2600 BCE

31. The so-called unicorn

35. Yoga posture?

37. Urdhalinga
Ithyphallic

40. The so-called high priest
from Mohen-jo-daro

42. Jina figure?

43. Video
The Indus Valley Civilization of India and Pakistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joFlQItvc7Q

44. Uniqueness of Dholavira
1.Unlike Harappa and Mohen-jo-Daro,
Dholavira was constructed of stones
2. Water management system