Ancient India

The Indus Valley & The Aryans

Physical Map of India

Area of Indus Valley Civilization (~2600-1900 BCE)

The Indus Civilization Traded Widely

Indus Seal

A Variety Of Indus Seals

Moheno Daro Overview

Mohenjo Daro – The Great Bath

Mohenjo Daro Streets

Aryan Migration ~ 1750 BCE

The Aryans

The Vedic Age (~1500-500 BCE)

The Rigveda (~1400 BCE)

“When they divided Purusha, in how many different portions did they arrange him? What became of his mouth, what of his two arms? What were his two thighs and his two feet called?

His mouth became the Brahmin; his two arms were made into the Rajanya; his two thighs the Vaisya; from his two feet the Sudra was born.”

The Mahabharata (~400 BCE?)

The Ramayana (~400 BCE?)

The Ramayana, South Park Style

Written Sanskrit (~100 BCE)

Modern Sanskrit Alphabet