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Ancient India

Ancient India. An Overview. Basic chronology. c. 3000 BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus in what is now Pakistan c. 2500 BCE: high point of the Indus Valley civilization c. 2000 BCE: some Indus sites showing signs of decline

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Ancient India

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  1. Ancient India An Overview

  2. Basic chronology • c. 3000 BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus • in what is now Pakistan • c. 2500 BCE: high point of the Indus Valley civilization • c. 2000 BCE: some Indus sites showing signs of decline • c. 1500 BCE: the Aryan invasions

  3. Indus Valley civilization • Right: artist’s recreation of Mohenjo-Daro • Below: Great Bath ruins

  4. Mohenjo-Daro

  5. Everyday life

  6. Mysterious signifiers • Examples of the multitude of Harrapan clay seals whose meaning(s) still elude us

  7. Aryan invaders • Below: an illustration of a scene from the Rig-Veda

  8. Alien gods and values • Below: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva • Right: the monkey god

  9. Ancient India

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