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The Indus Valley
Learning Objective: To find out about the Indus Valley civilisation’s trade and crafts.
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What is trade?Why is it
important?
Trade is when things or services are bought or sold. People often sell things they have too much of, then they buy things they need with the money they get from the sale. Countries also trade
things with other countries; this is called import and export. It is not
warm enough to grow bananas in the UK, so we import them from tropical
countries. The UK makes a lot of medicines that we export to other
countries.
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Indus Valley Civilisation
India
AfganistanIran
China
The Indus Valley people imported goods from China, India, Afghanistan and Iran. Use the key to find out what
was imported from each country.
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Turquoise
Carnelian
Lapis Lazuli
Gold
Amethyst
JadeKey
Afghanistan
Indus Valley Civilisation
India
AfganistanIran
IraqSyria
Turkey
MesopotamiaCrete
Egypt
Turkmenistan
Indus Valley artefacts have been found in all these countries! The people of the Indus Valley also exported raw materials
to other countries including shells, wood, silver and copper.
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Mesopotamia is the name for an area that follows the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The
Mesopotamian region covered parts of modern day Iraq, Syria and Kuwait.
Afghanistan
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Why do you think trade was important for the Indus Valley civilisation?
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How do you think Indus Valley traders transported
their goods? Think, pair, share
It is thought that Indus traders used boats like the one
pictured to transport goods over water and two-wheeled carts pulled by bullocks when travelling on
land.
Trade was important for the Indus Valley people. It allowed them wider access to resources like materials and foods. Traders travelled
more than 2,000 km (1,200 miles) to reach Mesopotamia.
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Attribution: Quratulain
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When excavating the Indus Valley settlements no weapons were found. This leads historians to believe that the Indus Valley
civilisation was a state run by merchants. This could explain why they were so successful at trading.
Attribution: Quratulain
Here are some arts and crafts made by the Indus Valley people. What do
you notice about the designs and techniques used?
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Terracotta Ceremonial Vessel
Soapstone Priest King Statue
Attribution: Mamoon Mengal
Attribution: luluinnyc
Terracotta Figurines
Terracotta FigurineTerracotta Bull
Attribution: Soham Banerjee
This bronze statue has been named ‘Dancing girl of Mohenjo-Daro’. This is an important statue as it tells us that the people of the Indus Valley had a form of dance, so this tells us that they had time for leisure activities. When Sir John
Marhall saw this statue he said...
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When I first saw them I found it difficult to believe that they were
prehistoric... I thought some mistake had surely been made.
These are Indus Valley seals. Over 3,500 seals have been found. Each seal has a hole at the back that could have had a cord threaded
through so the traders could wear them while they were working.
It is thought that theywere used to show who soldeach item. You could think of the seals as being like
an identity card or a receipt.
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Plenary
Why was the development
of docks important for trade in the
Indus Valley?
Think, pair, share
Attribution: Avantiputra7
Indus Valley Civilisation between 2600-1900BCE
Major city Town or villageExtent of civilisation during this time
River