Indus ValleyGrace, Steve

a map of the early Indus Valley. N.d. Map. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://ancientweb.org/index.php/explore/country/India>.

Social

distinct social classes

Division of labor

Political

priest-king, or at least of a priestly oligarchy

powerful priestly class

N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://redeyerogue.com/lets-learn-a-new-word-oligarchy>.N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://redeyerogue.com/lets-learn-a-new-word-oligarchy>.

Interaction with Environment

agriculture

drainage pipes, city sewage system

cott0n

Interaction with Environment

flood

climate change

Interaction with Environment

aryans

Indo-Aryan Migration into India. N.d. Map. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://rajkhan-delwal.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/aryan-invasion-theory-the-greatest-flaw-in-our-indian-history/>.Indo-Aryan Migration into India. N.d. Map. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://rajkhan-delwal.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/aryan-invasion-theory-the-greatest-flaw-in-our-indian-history/>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Harappan religion

mother goddesses(fertility)

sacred animals,

Aryan religion

polytheists (wide range of deities)

Introspective Indra. N.d. Photograph. exoticindiaartWeb. 26 Jan 2014.Introspective Indra. N.d. Photograph. exoticindiaartWeb. 26 Jan 2014.

Seal, Mohenjo-daro. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/33.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

bronze weapons, tools, mirrors

writing system

wheels

Seals and Sealing. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/31.html>.

37.Seals, Mohenjodaro. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/37.html>.

Indus Valley Terracotta, woman driving an Oxcart. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.kr/2011_03_01_archive.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Pottery making

jewelry

21. This pile represents sorted and discarded pottery sherds from continuing excavations at Harappa since 1985.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/walk/index.html>.

123. Ancient Indus Jewellery. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus2/123.html>.

81. Necklace.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/81.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Walls

Square grid

Citadels

Bath(Mohenjo Daro)

"Citadel" mound and Stupa. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.mohenjodaro.net/citadelmound6.html>.

9. "Great Bath," Mohenjo-daro.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/9.html>.Conservation and Remodeling, DK-G Area. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.mohenjodaro.net/induswall60.html>.

Economictrading economy

trade with Mesopotamia, China, India, Afghanistan, Iran

gold

silver and copper

gems

seals : evidence of trade&Harappan merchants used