Early India & Pakistan Look @ map on pg. 69 Key pts. on the Indus Valley region What features do you see? Himalayas & other mt. ranges (disconnects civilization) 2 rivers Gangetic plain (fertile land) Ganges & Bramaputra & Narmada rivers (transportation, irrigation, life line) Thar desert (harsh area to live in) Important weather patterns Monsoons What are they? Summer monsoons = rainy season Winter monsoons = dry season

Early Indus Civilization 2600 B.C. first South Asian civilization developed in present-day Pakistan Lasted about 700 yrs? Theories on why it disappeared? Indus legacy Plumbing Baths Drains Water chutes Sewers Uniform system of weights/measures Does this surprise you?

Early Indus Civilization Economy Farming Trading Reglion Polytheistic (what’s this mean) Mother goddess source of creation What’s significance here?

Aryan Civilization b/w 2000 & 1500 B.C. nomads moved from Central Asia into India Aryan Legacy 800 B.C. learned to make Iron weapons – why is this significant? Rajahs (chiefs) Skilled war leader elected by assembly of warriors Advised by elders Society divided in ranked groups based on occupation How do you think they were ranked? Priests, warriors, merchants/farmers, servants (non-aryans) How can we compare Aryans to our society?

Aryan Civilization Religion Polytheistic Yoga Literary works Chief god was Indra (god of war) Weapon was thunderbolt What connection can we make to another civilization? Yoga Aryan mystics practiced mediation & yoga to enhance spiritual connection w/gods Literary works Mahabharta  tells story of how they came to power Ramayana  tells of husband rescuing wife from demon

Your Task You will investigate the development of 2 major belief systems in 3.2 (Hinduism & Buddhism) You will have the rest of the hour to complete. It is due next class for 20 pts.