INDIAINDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

EARLY: C. 3300-2600MIDDLE: C. 2600-1900

LATE: C. 1900-1200 BCE

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● Dholavira

• 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

Foot bridge on Indus River in Pakistan

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• Mercantile society

• Traded with the Near East

• Traded grains and crafts

• Seals used for ownership

• Well-ventilated granary for longer storage

• Baked bricks

• 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?

• 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

• 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

Granary w/ventilationLarge warehouse for long-term storage

with loading and unloading systemIs Wal*mart, a mega store, inspired by the Indus Valley

warehouse system of some 4,000 years ago?

Ceremonial VesselsC. 2600 BCE

The so-called unicorn

Yoga posture?

UrdhalingaIthyphallic

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

Jina figure?

Video

The Indus Valley Civilization of India and Pakistanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=joFlQItvc7Q

Uniqueness of Dholavira

1.Unlike Harappa and Mohen-jo-Daro, Dholavira was constructed of stones

2. Water management system