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Geography
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Geography
• India is a subcontinent, with many diverse climates and geographical features.
• The northern plain is fertile due to the Indus and Ganges Rivers.
• The Deccan Plateau is dry and sparsely populated.• Winds called monsoons bring summer rains. India
depends on monsoons to grow their crops. There is often too much or too little rain when the rains come.
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Harappan Civilization
3300 BCE - 2400 BCE
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Foundations of Harappan Society
• The Indus River– Silt-enriched water from the Hindu Kush &
Himalayan ranges
• Major society built by Dravidian peoples, 3000-2500 BCE– Cultivation of cotton before 5000 BCE, early
cultivation of poultry– Decline after 1900 BCE
• Major cities: Harrapa (Punjab region and Mohenjo-daro (Southern Indus River)– 70 smaller sites excavated (total 1,500)
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Indus Valley Cities (2500 – 1500 BCE)
• There were two prominent cities on the Indus River: Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro.
• These cities were incredibly well planned:
– Grid pattern streets– Water Systems (plumbing) with heated public
baths and brick sewers. – The wealthy even had two story buildings with
indoor bathrooms and garbage chutes.– Each city was dominated by a structure built
upon a hill that served as a stronghold, such as a citadel.
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Mohenjo-daro Ruins
• Population c. 40,000• Standardized weights & measurements evident
throughout the region• Specialized labor• Widespread trade
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CitadelOf
Mohenjo-Daro
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Aerial View of Mohenjo-Daro
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Citadel, Mohenjo-Daro
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The Great Bath, Mohenjo-Daro
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Bath Area, Mohenjo-Daro
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Well, Mohenjo-Daro
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A Main Street, Mohenjo-Daro
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Granery, Mohenjo-Daro
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Pottery, Mohenjo-Daro
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Bison Seal, Mohenjo-Daro
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A Horned-God Seal, Mohenjo-Daro
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A Male Head, Mohenjo-Daro
Dravidian
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A Priest-King, Mohenjo-Daro
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Necklace, Mohenjo-Daro
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Public Well, Harappa
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Drain, Harappa
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Unicorn Seal?, Harappa
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Harappan Society and Culture
• Evidence of social stratification
– Dwelling size, decoration• Great influence on later Indian culture
• Statues, figurines and illustrations reflect a tradition of art and metallurgy
• Venerated goddesses of fertility
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Female Figures, Harappa
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Female Figures, Harappa
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Bull Figurine, Harappa
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Elephant Figurine, Harappa
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Burial Pottery, Harappa
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Male Skeleton, Harappa
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Female Skeleton with Child, Harappa
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Harappan Writing
Undecipherable to date.
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Mysterious End of Harappan Civilization
• Reasons for disappearance unclear
– Excessive deforestation, loss of topsoil– Earthquakes? – Flooding?
• Evidence of unburied dead
• Disappearance by 1500 BCE
• Harappan traditions survived – agricultural practices, religious beliefs, and urban traditions
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Aryan Migration
pastoral depended on their cattle.
warriors horse-drawn chariots.
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Aryan Migrations
• Aryans, lighter-skinned invaders from the north• Dravidians, darker-skinned sedentary inhabitants of
Harappa• Color Bias• Socio-Economic Implications• Difficulty of theory: no evidence of large-scale military
conquest
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The Early Aryans• Pastoral economy: sheep, goats, horses, cattle
– Vegetarianism not widespread until many centuries later
• Religious and Literary works: The Vedas
– Sanskrit: sacred tongue
– Prakrit: everyday language, evolved into Hindi, Urdu, Bengali
– Four Vedas (wisdom), most important Rig Veda• 1,028 hymns to gods
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The Vedas 1200 BCE-600 BCE.
written in SANSKRIT.
Hindu core of beliefs:
hymns and poems.
religious prayers.
magical spells.
lists of the gods and goddesses.
Rig Veda oldest work.
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The Vedic Age
• Conflicts between Aryans and indigenous dasas (“enemies,” “subjects”)– Aryans fighting Dravidians– Also Aryans fighting each other
• Chiefdoms: Rajas• Early concentration in Punjab, migrations further
south– Development of iron metallurgy– Increasing reliance on agriculture
• Tribal connections evolve into political structures
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Varna: The Caste System
• Origins in Aryan domination of Dravidians
– Brahmin, Priest– Kshatriya, Warrior– Vaishya, Merchant– Sudra, Commoner
– Harijan: “Untouchables; Pariahs”• Jati system of subcastes
– Related to urbanization, increasing social and economic complexity
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Varna (Social Hierarchy)
ShudrasShudras
VaishyasVaishyas
Kshatriyas Kshatriyas
Pariahs [Harijan] Untouchables
BrahminsBrahmins
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The Caste
System
The mouth?
The arms?
The legs?
The feet?
WHO IS…
What is a JATI?
Brahmins
Kshatriyas
Vaishyas
Shudras
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Patriarchy in Ancient Indian Society
• “rule of the father”
• A social order that stood alongside the caste system, and varna hierarchy
• Enforced in the The Lawbook of Manu
– Dealt with proper moral behavior and social relationships
– Caste, Jati, inheritance through male line
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Aryan Religion
• Major deity of Rig Veda: Indra, war god
• Elaborate ritual sacrifices to gods
– Role of Brahmins important– Soma
• C. 800 BCE some movement away from sacrificial cults
– Mystical thought, influenced by Dravidians
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Sadhus: an Indian mystic or ascetic
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Teachings of the Upanishads
• Texts that represent blending of Aryan and Dravidian traditions
• Composed 800-400 BCE, some later collections until 13th century CE
• Brahman: the Universal Soul• Samsara: reincarnation• Karma: accounting for incarnations• Moksha: mystical ecstasy• Relationship to system of Varna
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Sanskrit writing
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The Vedic Age
The foundations for Hinduism were
established!