INDIA’S CIVILIZATION IS 5,000 YEARS OLD The Indus Valley civilization, one of

the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years (3,000 B.C.).It now occupies part of Pakistan and part of India. Its river source was Indus river flowing from the Himalayas.

The ruins of ancient cities Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa (now part of Pakistan) prove the very old civilization of India.

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE PRE-INDUS NEOLITHIC VILLAGE? Answer: The MERGARH- somewhere west of the Indus River (Baluchistan, now part of Pakistan). The people in Mergarh engaged in agriculture, sheep raising and making cereals. Their houses were made of clay bricks.

THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (NORTHWESTERN INDIA)

MOHENJO DARO AND HARAPPA (BELIEVED TO BE CREATED BY DRAVIDIANS)

THE ANCIENT CITY OF MOHENJO DARO

MOHENJO DARO’S WIDE VIEW

MOHENJO DARO FROM AFAR AND ITS WELLS

MOHENJO DARO’S GREAT BATH AND STREETS

THE ANCIENT CITY OF HARAPPA (3300 BC)

HARAPPA’S GRANARY AND WELLS

HARAPPA’S CRAFTS QUARTER AND GATEWAY

HARAPPAN PICTOGRAM/WRITING (UNDECIPHERABLE)

THE LIVES OF PEOPLE OF MOHENJO DARO AND HARAPPA 1) AGRICULTURE was their main

economic activity. 2) They had irrigation systems. 3) They had pottery and jewelry making. 4) Houses were made of bricks. 5) Their leaders were priest kings. 6) They practiced animism and

polytheism. 7) Their social classes were the ruling

class who lived inside the citadels; the farmers and traders lived outside citadels.

HOW DID THE INDUS CIVILIZATION FALL? 1) ECOLOGICAL FACTORS (floods,

deforestation) 2) violent earthquake and volcanic

eruption 3) Invasion of outsiders such as

the Aryans

The saddest ending? The cities were abandoned and buried in mud.