Table of Contents
- 1 What system did the Indus Valley use?
- 2 What was the impact of the Indus River Valley?
- 3 What was the legacy of the Indus River Valley?
- 4 What was unique about the Indus Valley settlements?
- 5 What religion did the Indus Valley have?
- 6 Who founded the Indus Valley Civilization?
- 7 How is Indus River system shared by India and Pakistan?
- 8 How big is the Indus River drainage system?
What system did the Indus Valley use?
The Indus Script is the writing system developed by the Indus Valley Civilization and it is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent.
What was the impact of the Indus River Valley?
More than 4,000 years ago, the Harappa culture thrived in the Indus River Valley of what is now modern Pakistan and northwestern India, where they built sophisticated cities, invented sewage systems that predated ancient Rome’s, and engaged in long-distance trade with settlements in Mesopotamia.
What was it like in the Indus River Valley?
It was very hot in the Indus Valley so people spent a lot of time outside. Most people had small homes which were also used as workshops. There was not much space to relax. Richer families had courtyards.
What was the legacy of the Indus River Valley?
Long after the Indus civilization, skills such as trading, farming and brick-making were passed on. Indus people helped shape the later cultures of India and Pakistan.
What was unique about the Indus Valley settlements?
The people of the Indus River Valley Civilization achieved many notable advances in technology, including great accuracy in their systems and tools for measuring length and mass. Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, and the recently partially-excavated Rakhigarhi demonstrate the world’s first known urban sanitation systems.
What can we learn from Indus Valley artefacts?
What do artefacts tell us about religion?
- Pictures on seals and other artefacts show what look like figures of gods. But we don’t know what the Indus people called them.
- One looks like a mother goddess.
- Plants, trees and animals were probably important to Indus people.
- Hinduism also places importance on ritual bathing.
What religion did the Indus Valley have?
The Indus Valley religion is polytheistic and is made up of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. There are many seals to support the evidence of the Indus Valley Gods. Some seals show animals which resemble the two gods, Shiva and Rudra.
Who founded the Indus Valley Civilization?
Sir John Hubert Marshall led an excavation campaign in 1921-1922, during which he discovered the ruins of the city of Harappa. By 1931, the Mohenjo-daro site had been mostly excavated by Marshall and Sir Mortimer Wheeler. By 1999, over 1,056 cities and settlements of the Indus Civilization were located.
Where was the Indus River Valley Civilization located?
From 2500-1700 BC, the Indus River Valley Civilization, also called the Harappan Civilization, settled along the southern Indus River. This civilization covered a large area, including present-day India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The largest city of this civilization was Mohenjo-Daro.
The Indus Drainage System: The water assets of the Indus river system are shared by India and Pakistan according to the Indus Water Treaty signed between the two countries on 19th September, 1960. According to this treaty, India can utilize only 20 per cent of its total discharge of water.
How big is the Indus River drainage system?
It drains an area of 25,900 sq kms and its average annual flow at Rupnagar (Ropar) is 16,660 million cubic metres. The water assets of the Indus river system are shared by India and Pakistan according to the Indus Water Treaty signed between the two countries on 19th September, 1960.
Where is the gorge of the Indus River?
The Indus Gorge is formed as the Indus river bends around the Nanga Parbat massif, shown towering behind, defining the western anchor of the Himalayan mountain range. / 32.49833°N 79.69111°E / 32.49833; 79.69111