INDIA

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

• also called the HARAPPAN• arose around 2500 BCE• in the Indus River Valley

(present-day Pakistan and India)

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

• the main cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro• larger than either the

Mesopotamian or Egyptian civilizations

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

They built their cities in a grid format.

They had the first large scale sanitation system that included wells and a place for waste water.

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

• Most of the people in town were traders or artisans (skilled craftspeople)

• The society was ruled by powerful priests

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

invented a uniform system of weights and measures

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

• System of writing• 400 symbols• Not able to decipher

THE DISAPPEARANCE

• The Indus Valley civilization disappeared around 1500 BCE

• Possible causes:– Climate– Drought– Intensive cultivation– Changes in the course of the Indus River– Depleted soils– Erosion