SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGNBy Summer Novak

ANCIENT INDIA

Indus River Valley

1,500 cities

Discovered in 1920s

Complex language: Indus Script

400-600 symbols

http://humshehri.org/history/indus-valley-civilization/https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india

INDUS RIVER VALLEY

CITIES

Water wells

Drainage systems

Main roads and grid systems

No great structures

FARMING

Majority of populations

Domesticated plants

Melon

Wheat

Peas

Dates

Sesame seeds

Cotton

http://asi.nic.in/asi_exca_2007_dholavira.asp

THE GREAT BATH

20 x 40 x 10 ft3

Public pool and water tank

Lined with bitumen

Religious site

https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india

CAUSES OF DECLINE

Climate change

Aftermath of earthquakes

Attack of a foreign civilization

http://asianetindia.com/town-planning-in-indus-valley-civilization/

http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2013/02/what-caused-the-decline-of-harappa/

LEGACYTRADITIONAL COOLING SYSTEMS

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/architect-uses-ancient-techniques-cool-modern-building-india.html

Pearl Academy of Fashion

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/ancient-air-conditioning-architecture/index.html

SOURCES

http://humshehri.org/history/indus-valley-civilization

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/28/world/asia/ancient-air-conditioning-architecture/index.html

https://sites.google.com/site/1ancientcivilizationsforkids/ancient-india

http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/architect-uses-ancient-techniques-cool-modern-building-india.html