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Ancient Indus River Edition

Timeline - Ancient

• 2500 – 1500 bc – Harrappan Civilization• 1500 – 1000 bc – Rule of Aryan Invaders• 1000 - 500 bc – Epic age in India• 563 – 483 bc – Life of Buddha

Our Guests• Art Specialist – Nick K• Education and Military Expert

– Will Z• Religion Expert – Tyler C• Trade Expert – Jessica C

Why did you all move down to the Indus

River in the first Place???

2,500 bc

No one’s sure

Indus Flooding

Fertile Soil

What did you do when you got

there???

Farming

Metal Tools

Pottery

Set up Temples

How did you go about farming???

What about trade???

• Near the Indus–Flooding•Destroyed Fields•Need to Control:–Dirt/Earth Wallls–Canals–Irrigation

• North – Dry Plain–Domesticated Animals•Cattle•Water Buffalo

What Kind of Crops did you grow???

WheatCottonLumber

LivestockRice

BananasMustard

Beans

How did you transport the

goods???

Animals + Cart

Boats Along the River

What was education like???

2,500 bc – nothing known300 bc:

Oral

Wrote on:Tree Bark

Palm Leaves

Where did School Take Place???

Temples

CommunityCenters

Can you tell us about the Major

Relgions???

Hinduism+

Buddhism

Can you tell us some more about Hinduism???

DiverseCommon beliefs:

Body different from soulReincarnation

Moving up in society from creatures on earth to different planet’s

inhabitants

Can you tell us more about Buddhism???

2,500 years agoCan be:

Religious RitualsWorship of Deities

or just Pure Meditation

Suffering ends if:You understand the nature of the

world

What can you tell us about Ancient Indian

Art???

• 75,000 years

ago

–Carvings on

Cave Walls

–Prehistoric age

• 2,500 years ago–Detailed

Symbols•Crucial Role

• Other–Yoga–Dancing–Music

• They Drew:–Nature•Leaves•Trees•Mountains

What was there in terms of

Government???

General

Well Planned-out

Complex City Structure

Law + Punishment System

Police Officers

Post-Joining

Emperor had:

Different governors

Like a small country

What were the Laws???

Ancient Religious Texts

Kings Administered Laws

Village Laws Administered by

Members of Town

What was the Culture Like???

Very Uniform

Social homes weren’t great

Produced Non-Essential Items

Clay and Wooden Toys

Few Weapons – Conflict was limited

Arts - very important

Practices + Beliefs are still the

same now

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Ancient Indus River Edition