Indus River Valley Archeology

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Indus River Valley Archeology
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IRV Artifact Group Observations

• Arts
• Adornment
• Trade
• Engineering

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IRV Historical Conclusions

• Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro 3500 1500 BCE
• Engineering Great Bath, standards, city planning
• Trade branding
• Language seals
• Art jewelry, vases, sculpture
• Religion seals and palace/temple

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Reflection
What might the discovery of the IRV, perhaps the
oldest civilization ever found on Earth, mean to
the India?
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Now Reconsider
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The Great Mystery
This level of sophistication of civilization
being the case, the total, albeit gradual,
eclipse of Harappan civilisation is all the more
mystifyingIn the Indian subcontinent the first
great experiment in urban living, in political
organisation and in commercial enterprise
disappeared without trace beneath the sand and
the silt. In the land of reincarnation there was
to be no rebirth for the bustling and ingenious
world of the Harappans. Indian history would
have to begin again with a very different group
of people. John Keay, from India A History
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Next The Very Different Group of
PeopleQuestions for Solving the Mystery
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Found in burial mounds/sites
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Found at palace/temple
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Mask
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Seated Male sculpture
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Bull Figurine
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Terra Cotta Molded Tablet
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Necklace or Belt
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Necklace
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Ornaments
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Bangles
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Terra Cotta Bangles (originally painted)
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Beads (with human hair in the picture for scale)
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(Animal depicted unicorn)
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(Animal depicted bison or water buff.)
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(Animal depicted brahama bull)
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Fragments of similar objects to last slides
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Sets of these found at multiple sites
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Lower area is watertight
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Street (guy is modern, obviously)
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Granary floor remains
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Rainwater and sewage drain
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Many such sets found at multiple sites
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Private Well
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