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Indus Valley Civilization

Indus Valley Civilization

Radha Krishna

February 22, 2016
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  1. STONE AGE DIVISION  OLD STONE AGE  MIDDLE STONE

    AGE  NEW STONE AGE  CHALCOLITHIC AGE
  2. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION  PRE HARAPPAN (7500 BCE)  MAIN

    SPAN ( 3300-1300 BCE)  MATURE PERIOD (2600-1900 BCE)  Spans across – Ghaggar – Hakra river  Indus, Saraswati also.
  3. Discovery  Alexander Cunningham first talked about Harappan culture 

    Subsequent visits by British Archeologists revealed a greater network of sites
  4. CITIES AND URBAN LIFE  Sophistication at heart.  Urban

    planning , Baked bricks, Drainages, Water supply  Packed Public buildings  90 deg roads  The Famous Great Bath  Waste disposal mechanisms  Bathrooms, Dockyards, Graneries, Protective Walls
  5. TRADE & TECH  Standard Measurments  Kautilya had same

    units of LOTHAL’S IVC  Proto DENTISTRY  Testing Gold  Trading with seals  DNA of people from Crete, Egypt found
  6. Script and Art  Indus VC had a script and

    we cant understand that  Lots and Lots of art idols.
  7. COLLAPSE  A Sudden collapse in a century.  Theoritized

    of it as abandoning due to floods.  From 1800-1700 BCE they abandoned  Raise the VEDIC PERIOD!