Indus Valley Civilization:

An ancient civilization that thrived along the

course of Indus river in North-Western part of
Indian subcontinent.
The people in the Indus valley formed the
earliest urban civilization in the sub Indian
continent and one of the earliest in the world.
The main city may have been Mohenjo-Daro and
Harappa.
Many different artefacts have been uncovered in
the Indus Valleys main cities, Mohenjo-Daro and
Harappa.

Time Duration of Indus Valley Civilization:

The Indus Valley civilization lived in the Valley
about 4000 years ago, 2600-1900B.C.

Streets , Buildings and The City Structure

The Indus tribe lived in houses just like today.
They where built from bricks and cement and
must have been very strong because lots of
these buildings are still standing today. They had
a very complex city structure with one to two
floors, to each building, yet there has been no
evidence that the tribe had doors separating any
of the rooms. There is a road, which runs
through the city, where carts ran down to
transport goods. These where pulled by camels,
oxen and elephants, which where also used to
travel on.
The Great Bath The great bath was a special
place in the Indus Valley. It was used for
baptizing babies. Like the drains, the bricks were
clay to make it waterproof so none of the water
could escape. The only way the water could
escape was through a special system where, if
they wanted to, they can let the water out if it got
to dirty and then they could fill it up again. It also
has a plug hole which was used for totally
emptying out the bath. The bath is made from
tightly fitted bricks which had tar on the inside of
the bath. The tar was used as a water proof layer
so the people could bath. The bath was 12
metres long and 7 metres wide.
The Drainage System There is evidence of very
sophisticated drainage systems in the cities of
the Indus Civilisation. The drainage systems
were so big that a human would have been able
to walk through the middle of one. This was
really helpful because if the drain was blocked,
the drain could be easily accessed. They were
also very clever because they used cement and
clay bricks to make the drains, which always
sloped downhill.
Pots from The Indus valley Many pots, pans and
cooking vessels have been found in the ancient
civilization of the Indus valley. Each of them have
had their own decorative, unique design, with
some of them just plain. The pictures to the right
are also evidence that they used, and had a
strong connection with animals. Most of the pots
were made of terracotta but some of the ones
used for cooking were made of bronze.They
used fire to harden the terracotta pots. The pots
were mostly used for storing foods and drink.
Some of the bodies found were buried with pots
but they were with no decoration at all.
Clothes
Excavations discovered that men and women
dressed in colourful robes , the women also wore
lipstick!
Food:
For dinner it might have been hot bread served
with barley or rice. They all were all very good
farmers they grew things such as peas, melons ,
wheat and dates.the fish in the Indus river were
caught by fish hooks and were eaten with most
probably bread. They ate animals aswell such as
sheep, pigs, zebus (a kind of cow) and water
buffalo .

Indus valley toys These toy figures are made out

of clay . They were for children to play with.The
wood could of rotted so they might of put wood
back on. The axels are replaced as well as the
poles on the back of the cart. These are ceramic
sculptures of a small cart with vases and tools
pulled by oxen,from Mohenjo-daro.

Dice
Physical and written evidence of dice and
dominoes have been uncovered by
archaeologists studying the Ancient Indus
An ancient form of Ludo was played as well as
an ancient form of chess, which was played in
the Indus valley. A board, uncovered in the area
of Mohenjo-Daro, was said to be the oldest
chess board discovered in the world.

Models and Figurines Many archaeologists think

that Harappan people used figurines when they
prayed. Maybe the Harrapan people worshiped a
female goddess. Female figurines have been
found in all shapes and sizes. The people in the
Indus Valley carve large numbers of figurines of
women. These statues differ from those found in
many other cultures in attention to jewellery and
hairstyles other sites had carts with clay wheels
and maybe the earliest toy.
 Seals of the Indus Valley
The seals are the key which archaeologists used
to realised that the Indus civilization really exists.
There was two seals found in 1924 in two
different ancient cities six hundred km apart
which proved the two cities were linked. The
seals were used for part of trade and some seals
have their family names carved on.
jewellery
People of the Indus Valley really loved they're
jewellery , The Indus valley is rich in many
metals and worthy stones such as Carnelian,
gold, copper, turquoise and other metals/semi
precious stones We think this ring is made out of
carnelian and a precious stone. Each bead in the
Indus valley is approximately 2-3 centimetres
long.
Politics
The large city size indicates a strong central
government that was probably lead by a priest-
king.
No record to indicate that the Indus valley
civilization had any official political system.
Trade
Most of the people of the indus valley were
farmers.
They were the first people to grow cotton and
weave it into cloth.
Religions
Basic Hinduism was one of many religions
practiced in the Indus valley civilization after it was
introduced by the Aryans.

Script
Harappan script is regarded as pictographic since
its signsrepresent birds, fish and a variety of
human forms.
The script was boustrophendon, written from right
to left in one line and then from left to ringht in the
next line.