SOCIETY AND ADMINISTRATION

OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION

What are our sources?
a) Mainly archaeological
b) Seals & beads
c)Structures
d) Literary sources of Mesopotamia
e)Burials
RELIGION:
1. Unicorn
2.  Pashupati / Proto-shiva
3. Bull worship
4. The mother goddess
5. Linga Worship
6. Tree Worship
7. Talisman (Tabeez)
8. Swastika
9. Fire Alters

DRESS
1. sewn clothing
2. Kept right hand Free.
3. cosmetics
4. long hair (men)
5. Shaven beard.
6. Bronze mirrors
7. Ivory Combs
8. antimony rods
9. Jewelry (men & women
both)
Sports and Entertainments:

1. The large number of terracotta figurines and toys such as cart, bull, elephant, monkeys,
chariots; whistles etc. indicate that the children entertained themselves. 
2. No clear evidences of Music.
3. The finding of a dance girl bronze figurine gives some insight about the social
entertainment.
 Administration: Was there any central
authority in Indus Valley?
1) Cities are the symbols of the Indus Valley civilization.
2) Close integration between economic and social processes.
3) Careful planning  for expansion  and promotion  of PRIEST KING

trade.
4) Providing opportunities and scope of work to artisans
and craftsmen.
5) not have been possible without the strong central
authority.
6) Specialized economic organization. 
7) Socio-cultural unity across length and breadth of
civilization.
8) Maritime commerce with Mesopotamia.
9) Upper town and lower town.
10) The lay-out of the streets, the presence of a large-scale
drainage system with its requirement for constant tending, the monumental citadels, all
can be taken as an indication  of tendencies  toward a strong central government.