Indus Valley Civilization
Features of Indus Valley Civilization
● BC. 2700- BC.1900 ie for 800 years.
● On the valleys of river Indus.
● Also known as Harappan Civilization.
● Beginning of city life.
● Harappan Sites discovered by – Dayaram Sahni (1921) – Montgomery district,
Punjab, Pakistan.
● Mohanjodaro was discovered by – R. D. Banerji – Larkana district, Sind, Pakistan.
● The city was divided into Citadel(west) and Lower Town(east).
● Red pottery painted with designs in black.
● Stone weights, seals, special beads, copper tools, long stone blades etc.
● Copper, bronze, silver, gold present.
● Artificially produced – Faience.
● Specialists for handicrafts.
● Import of raw materials.
● Plough was used.
● Bodies were buried in wooden coffins, but during the later stages ‘H symmetry
culture’ evolved where bodies were buried in painted burial urns.
● Sugar cane not cultivated, horse, iron not used.
Indus Valley Civilisation (Explainer Video)
Indus Valley Sites and Specialties
HARAPPA
● Seals out of stones
● Citadel outside on banks of river Ravi
MOHENJODARO
● Great Bath, Great Granary, Dancing Girl, Man with Beard, Cotton, Assembly hall
● The term means ” Mount of the dead”
● On the bank of river Indus
Features of Indus Valley Civilization
● BC. 2700- BC.1900 ie for 800 years.
● On the valleys of river Indus.
● Also known as Harappan Civilization.
● Beginning of city life.
● Harappan Sites discovered by – Dayaram Sahni (1921) – Montgomery district,
Punjab, Pakistan.
● Mohanjodaro was discovered by – R. D. Banerji – Larkana district, Sind, Pakistan.
● The city was divided into Citadel(west) and Lower Town(east).
● Red pottery painted with designs in black.
● Stone weights, seals, special beads, copper tools, long stone blades etc.
● Copper, bronze, silver, gold present.
● Artificially produced – Faience.
● Specialists for handicrafts.
● Import of raw materials.
● Plough was used.
● Bodies were buried in wooden coffins, but during the later stages ‘H symmetry
culture’ evolved where bodies were buried in painted burial urns.
● Sugar cane not cultivated, horse, iron not used.
Indus Valley Civilisation (Explainer Video)
Indus Valley Sites and Specialties
HARAPPA
● Seals out of stones
● Citadel outside on banks of river Ravi
MOHENJODARO
● Great Bath, Great Granary, Dancing Girl, Man with Beard, Cotton, Assembly hall
● The term means ” Mount of the dead”
● On the bank of river Indus
