CIVICS

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

BORDERS OF INDIA

North East: China
North: Nepal and Bhutan
West: Afghanistan and Iran
East: Myanmar

3 REGIONS OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

1. The Himalayas and Hindu Kush

2. Indo-Gangetic Plain (southern plain)

3. Deccan, a high plateau that receives less rain than other parts of the subcontinent (southern plateau)

NATURAL BARRIERS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO REACH INDIA

Khyber Pass

• located in Hindu Kush Mountains

Thar Dessert

• East

Indian Ocean

• South

2 MAJOR CITIES OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa

“MOUND OF THE RUINS”

Mohenjo-Daro

ESTIMATED PEOPLE IN EACH CITY

30,000 people

WHAT CITY HAS CLAY HOUSES, 2 STORIES, ARRANGED IN A GRID PATTERN?

Harrapa

WHAT WERE THE 2 CITIES KNOWN FOR?

wellplanning and uniformity

ECONOMY OH THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

agriculture, herded livestock, trading

DECLINE OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

no confirmed answer but there are 3 assumptions

1. Environmental Issues

2. Disease

3. Invasion

(moving on to varnas)

ARYANS ALSO KNOWN AS…

nobles

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE REGIONAL LEADERS IN THE VARNAS CIVILIZATION?

Raja/s

Sacred Writing in the Varnas Civilization?

Vedas

Jaiti/Caste System/ Varnas/Social Structure

1. Brahmins

   • highest ranking

   • priests and teachers

   • brahma’s mouth

2. Kshatriyas

   • warriors and rulers

   • brahmas arm

3. Vaishyas

   • farmers, traders and merchants

   • brahmas leg

4. Shudras

   • labourers

   • brahma’s feet

   Dalits/Outcastes/Pariahs/Untouchables

   • impure, collect trash

   • 5% of the population

When was the law established by british that you can’t mistreat the Untouchables?

After 1950

What are the 2 great epics?

Mahabharata and Ramayana