Indus ValleyGrace, Steve

a map of the early Indus Valley. N.d. Map. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://ancientweb.org/index.php/explore/country/India>.

Social

distinct social classes

Division of labor

Political

priest-king, or at least of a priestly oligarchy

powerful priestly class

N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://redeyerogue.com/lets-learn-a-new-word-oligarchy>.

Interaction with Environment

agriculture

drainage pipes, city sewage system

cott0n

Interaction with Environment

flood

climate change

Interaction with Environment

aryans

Indo-Aryan Migration into India. N.d. Map. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://rajkhan-delwal.wordpress.com/2012/06/24/aryan-invasion-theory-the-greatest-flaw-in-our-indian-history/>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Harappan religionmother goddesses(fertility)sacred animals, Aryan religion

polytheists (wide range of deities)

Introspective Indra. N.d. Photograph. exoticindiaartWeb. 26 Jan 2014.

Seal, Mohenjo-daro. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/33.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

bronze weapons, tools, mirrors

writing system

wheels

Seals and Sealing. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/31.html>.

37.Seals, Mohenjodaro. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/37.html>.

Indus Valley Terracotta, woman driving an Oxcart. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.kr/2011_03_01_archive.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Pottery making

jewelry

21. This pile represents sorted and discarded pottery sherds from continuing excavations at Harappa since 1985.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/walk/index.html>.

123. Ancient Indus Jewellery. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus2/123.html>.

81. Necklace.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/81.html>.

Cultural&Intellectual

Walls

Square grid

Citadels

Bath(Mohenjo Daro)

"Citadel" mound and Stupa. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.mohenjodaro.net/citadelmound6.html>.

9. "Great Bath," Mohenjo-daro.. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.harappa.com/indus/9.html>.Conservation and Remodeling, DK-G Area. N.d. Photograph. n.p. Web. 26 Jan 2014. <http://www.mohenjodaro.net/induswall60.html>.

Economictrading economy

trade with Mesopotamia, China, India, Afghanistan, Iran

gold

silver and copper

gems

seals : evidence of trade&Harappan merchants used