gatherers. Around 4000 BC the Indians started farming. The Indians then moved near the Indus River Valley where they started using irrigation and started building their first cities. The Indians built two main cities that we know of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Both cities are currently located in current Pakistan.The first Indian buildings and houses were built out of stone and were built two to three stories high and they had sewage systems. The Indians built there structures with bronze tools. They
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India is a fascinating country where people of many different communities and religions live together in unity. Indian Population is polygenetic and is an amazing amalgamation of various races and cultures. It is impossible to find out the exact origin of Indian People. The species known as Ramapithecus was found in the Siwalik foothills of north western Himalayas. The species believed to be the first in the line of hominids (Human Family) lived some 14 million years ago. Researchers have found
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A.P. World History Guided Reading 1 "The Origins of Agriculture to the First River-Valley Civilizations” TERMS: Culture - Socially transmitted patterns of action and expression Foragers - Hunting and food gathering people Animal domestication - The killing of animals for food Pastorialism - Way of life dependent on large herds of grazing livestock Matrilineal - Kinship with mother Patrilineal - Kinship with father Lineages - the holding of land by large kinship (blood relationship)
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fact that the script of the civilization remains undeciphered‚ historians have to rely on remaining evidence of the civilization to learn about the culture. Located in present day Pakistan‚ northwest India‚ and eastern Afghanistan‚ Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are two of the largest cities excavated from the ancient civilization. Remains of these cities show an exceptional advancement in the civilization at the time. Actually‚ the roadside irrigation systems‚ waste disposal‚ and plumbing/water systems
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Cover page Title Page Letter of transmittal Table of Contents List of Illustrations Executive Summary Report Body Smriti formed the core of Indian customary and traditional law. At that time we used to have sreni structure They defined priveleges and responsibilities of members‚ Commercial dues and Royal duties Allocation of shares‚ Sales and purchase Regulation‚ non payment of wages. They reveal the nature of legal structure that was prevalent in early and early medieval
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difference. Under this situation‚ the society was ruled successfully and properly. Each city of Harrapa has platform‚ citadel and public sewer system. Another example is Great Bath which is one of the most important public facilities in the city Mohenjo-Daro. Archaeologists believe that Great Bath was designed for public used. Furthermore‚ Great Bath has a series of complete establishments‚ including private bathrooms‚ changing cubicles and Olympic sized pool. It relates to the headline tightly. Distributions
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Indus And Vedic Civilisation There is much to be contrasted between the cultures of the Harappans and the Aryans. There are indeed a few points of similarities‚ but they are not of any significance. Why the points of contrast are more is primarily because of geographic location‚ economic activity and the religious practices followed by both the cultures. Far more important is the fact that the Aryans‚ with a plasticity of mind‚ made life vibrant; whereas‚ the Indus life looks more like stylized
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suggested that the Aryans who were the next settlers‚ may have attacked and destroyed the Indus Valley Civilization‚ since their epics talk about their conquest of great cities. Such theories of a violent end have been partly proved by the discovery in Mohenjo-Daro of human remains that indicated a violent cause of death. Similarly‚ invasion theory proposed by max Muller discredits India of its cultural‚ religious and spiritual continuity‚ it states that around 1500 BC people of Indus valley civilization
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viewed as the result of the diffusion of farming and technology from more advanced cultures in Mesopotamia and on the Iranian plateau to Baluchistan and ultimately to the Indus Valley. One of the most important centers of Indus civilization was Mohenjo-Daro‚ situated along the west bank of the Indus River. Like most cities of the Indus civilization‚ it consisted of two major areas of occupation: a high citadel to the west and a lower city of domestic dwellings to the east. The Indus people supported
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Mesopotamia civilization jointly (A.L.Basham). The researchers have given different names to this civilization. However‚ the most widespread title is the “Harappan” civilization. Later‚ another larger site was discovered near “Harrappa” called Mohenjo Daro meaning the “Mound of the Dead” in the local language. Hence‚ the researchers have termed these sites jointly and named it as the “Indus” civilization. The Indus Civilization was situated nearby the Himalaya Mountains on the floodplains of Indus
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