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    The Indus Valley Civilization was founded around 3000 BCE by Dravidian people in the Indus River valley region. It consisted of two main cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, which were carefully planned with grids and public buildings like wells and baths. Farming was a major part of the economy, and they traded goods. While they had a literate culture, we cannot read their writing. The civilization was lost until rediscovered by the British in the 19th century.

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    The Indus Valley Civilization was founded around 3000 BCE by Dravidian people in the Indus River valley region. It consisted of two main cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, which were carefully planned with grids and public buildings like wells and baths. Farming was a major part of the economy, and they traded goods. While they had a literate culture, we cannot read their writing. The civilization was lost until rediscovered by the British in the 19th century.

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    The Indus Valley Civilization was founded around 3000 BCE by Dravidian people in the Indus River valley region. It consisted of two main cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, which were carefully planned with grids and public buildings like wells and baths. Farming was a major part of the economy, and they traded goods. While they had a literate culture, we cannot read their writing. The civilization was lost until rediscovered by the British in the 19th century.

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    Indus Valley Civilization

    Founded by Dravidian people, 3000 to 2500 BCE Forgotten until the 19th Century, rediscovered by the British while building railroads

    Harappan society, ca. 2000 B.C.E.

    Indus valley

    well-watered and heavily forested 10-20 times larger than Mesopotamia or Egypt

    500 miles along the river valley

    Well-Planned Cities
    Harappa and

    Mohenhjo-Daro the two main cities. Both were carefully planned out. Indus Valley cities had a well-organized government.

    Farming and Trade


    Most people were

    farmers. They grew wheat, barley, melons, and cultivate cotton and weave its fibers into cloth. Some people were merchants and traders.

    Religious Beliefs
    Polytheistic

    Mother goddess, the source of creation, seem to have been widely honored.
    Worshiped sacred animals, including the

    bull.

    Though Harappa had a literate culture, we cannot read their writing. Harappans wrote on bricks and seals (not paper). All evidence is archeological.

    Lack of Sources

    This collection of gold and agate ornaments (see next slide) includes objects found at both Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. At the top are fillets of hammered gold that would have been worn around the forehead. The other ornaments include bangles, chokers, long pendant necklaces, rings, earrings, conical hair ornaments, and broaches.

    Mohenjo-daro : aerial view

    Grid map of Mohenjo-daro

    view of a small side street

    looks like a small tower, but actually it is a neighborhood well

    A bathroom on a private residence

    A large drain or sewer

    The Great Bath

    another view of the Great Bath

    Harappan granary

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