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India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Nepal
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
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• The climate of the Indian subcontinent is characterized by high temperatures and monsoons, which are seasonal winds. • Nov-March is the dry
season, when the winds blow from the northeast and bring very little rain
- Jun-Oct. is the rainy season, when the winds blow from the southwest, is the rainy season.
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• The first known civilization in the Indian subcontinent arose in the Indus Valley and flourished from about 2500BC-1500BC
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• Although the Indus Valley civilization had a writing system it has not been deciphered, so all we know about it comes from artifacts found by archeologists.
• There were many cities in the region.
• The largest were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
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• The Indus Valley civilization had 2 very large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo Daro, as well as hundreds of smaller cities and towns. It is called the Harappan Civilization.
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• Both cities were large and carefully planned • Wide streets crossed at right angles.•
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• Each city had a strong fortress, or citadel, built on a brick platform.
• What does this suggest about the civilization? What problems might they have had?
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• On the citadel were large public buildings, including graineries for storing large amounts of grain to feed about 35,000 people, and large baths.
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Great Bath on the citadel of Mohenjo Daro
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• Great Bath on the citadel of Mohenjo Daro.
• What could its function have been? ?
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• Both cities had a water system with wells and brick sewers. Sewers took waste water from homes into drains under the street, and out of town.
• This was probably the most advanced water system and public drains in the world at this time.
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• As well as the citadel on a mound on the west, there was an area lower down to the east, where people lived.
• The lower city was divided into rectangular blocks by straight streets.
• The larger houses had wells and indoor bathrooms with seated latrines connected to sewers under the street.
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• In addition to residential areas,there were many shops and workshops, producing wares for local consumption and for export:
• For example: potteries, dyers’ vats, metalworkers’, shell-ornament makers’ and beadmakers’ shops
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• Most buildings were built of mud bricks of approximately the same proportions 1:2:4.
• Standard weights and measures were used throughout the Indus Valley region.
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Mohenjo Daro
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Other artifacts
• Small objects which are probably children’s toys have been found.
• For example this toy cart. From this toy cart archeologists have concluded that they probably had life size carts and wagong.
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Agriculture
• Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were surrounded by rich farmland
• They irrigated their fields by building canals and ditches. • Irrigation allowed Indus Valley farmers to have a surplus
of food• They grew wheat, barley, rice and cotton. • They raised cattle sheep, goats and pigs
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Products and trade
• City dwellers produced goods for trade. • These included pottery, bronze items, beads skillfully
made of various materials, and gold and silver jewelry. • They traded these goods with the people of
Mesopotamia.
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Writing
• The Indus Valley people developed a writing system.
• We have pictographs dating from about 2300BC
• Scholars have not been able to translate this writing.
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Writing
• Most of the Indus Valley writing is on personal seals that may bear the names of individuals or companies who made items for trade.
• Most of the Indus Valley writing is on personal seals that may bear the names of individuals or companies who made items for trade.
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Inscription on a pot
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• http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1919795,00.html
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Religion
• No Harappan temples, shrines, or religious writings have been found.
• There is evidence that they worshiped a mother goddess.
• There is evidence that they used images of the bull, buffalo, and tiger.
Religion
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• The Indus Valley Civilization flourished about 2500BC-1500BC.
• It began declining about 1700BC• By about 1500BC, it “disappeared”. The cities were
abandoned.
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• Historians do not know why the Indus Valley Civilization disappeared.
• The waters of the Indus River have changed course in the past . . . .
• The Indus River often flooded .. …• There is evidence of an earthquake about 1700BC ….• About 1500BC, a new group of people came in and
began to dominate the area.
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Arrival of the Indo-Aryans
• The Indo-Aryans were one of the sub-groups of the larger group called the Indo-Europeans.
• Originally lived north of the Black and Caspian Seas, in what is now southern Russia.
• They were nomadic herders of cattle
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• About 1750BC they began to cross the Hindu-Kush mountains into India
• By 1500BC, they had settled in Northern India
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• Some people have disputed this arrival of the Indo-Europeans, and if you search the web you will find some sites saying that it never happened.
• But there are written records of the language that these Indo-European people brought with them to India, Sanskrit.
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• pitar (Sanskrit)• pater (Latin)• pater (Greek)• padre (Spanish)• pere (French)• father (English)• fadar (Gothic)• fa∂ir (Old Norse)• vader (German
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• We can read Sanskrit, and we can easily see that many words in Sanskrit are basically the same as in other Indo-European languages. In addition, recent genetic evidence supports the arrival of the Indo-Europeans.
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Indo-Aryans
• Lived by herding cattle. • Cattle were so important
to them that their word for war was “desire for more cattle”.
• As they came into India, sometimes they were able to move into an area without conflict, but sometimes they fought the people already there.
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• The Indo-Aryans were good fighters and had skilled archers and war chariots, so they were able to conquer the people already living in Northern India.
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VEDAS
• The Indo Aryans had hymns and prayers called the Vedas, that were passed down orally from generation to generation.
• Eventually the Vedas were written down in the Indo-Aryan language, which was Sanskrit
• The Vedas made up 4 collections of hymns. The oldest is called the Rig Veda
• Most of what we know about the period 1500-1000BC comes from the Vedas, so we called this the Vedic Age
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Indo-Aryan Religion• Indo-Aryan Religion evolved into Hinduism• They were polytheistic, with many individual
gods drawn from nature. • Including Indra, the god of storms, Agni, the
god of fire, and Varuna, the god of the cosmic order.
• However, the Vedas also refer to one supreme god of divine spirit, which is called “The One”.
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• Later, these gods, Indra, Agni and Varuna, became less important.
• The Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva became more important, and are the most important gods today.
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Early Religious Practices
• No temples. Worship was out of doors.• Fires were lit on altars, and offerings of butter, milk and barley
cakes were made. • The juice of the Soma plant was poured into the fire as a
special offering• Soma juice was regarded as the drink of the Gods.
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Brahmins
• Priests called Brahmins carried out the rituals, which became more complex over time.
• Only the Brahmins knew the proper rituals.• Gradually a form of social organization called the Caste
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Caste System, or Varnas
• Four distinct varnas, or social classes, appeared in Indian society.
• Brahmins-priests• Kshatryas-warriors• Vaisyas (Vaishyas)-merchants and
artisans; farmers who owned their own land
• Sudras (Shudras)-farm laborers and servants.
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• According to a myth, the four varnas were made from the body parts of Purusa, a god.• Brahmins-from head• Kshatryas-from the arms• Vaishyas-from the legs• Sudras-from the feet. • Later, a lower group, called the
Untouchables, or Pariahs, emerged.
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• Later, a lower group, called the Pariahs, or Untouchables, emerged.
• People married, and had close social relationships, within their caste, or varna.
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• The language of the Indo-Aryans, Sanskrit, was gradually no longer used in everyday speech.
• Sanskrit became the special language used by Brahmins in their religious rituals
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Political organization
• Gradually the Indo-Aryans settled in villages & planted crops as well as herded cattle.
• Small independent states grew up, each with a leader called a raja.
• Rajas were military leaders, lawmakers and judges.• Rajas governed with the help of a council.
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SOCIETY
• People generally, married, and had close social relationships, with people of their own caste, or varna.
• Gradually, complicated rules for marriage emerged.
• Parents usually arranged marriages.
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ECONOMY-AGRICULTURE
• The Indo Aryans, who were originally nomadic herders, settled and grew wheat, barley, and rice, as well as vegetables.
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Economy-Trade
• Villages traded with nearby villages, but transportation was difficult. Usually, only cities on the coasts traded with distant areas.
• Trade was carried out mainly by barter. Coins began to be used about 500BC.
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NORTHERN INDIA-SOUTHERN INDIA
• The Indo-Aryans had a big impact on Northern India. Most of what we have just described applied to Northern India.
• Early cultures in Southern India followed their own patterns.
• The hilly landscape of Southern India made unification difficult, and people remained divided into separate communities and social groups.
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SOUTHERN INDIA
• People who lived in the interior parts of Southern India, were farmers, or hunter-gatherers.
• Some people who lived on the coasts of Southern India became traders, and some became wealthy trading cotton, spices and ivory with people of other civilizations.
• The people of Southern India came to be called Dravidians.