Ancient India An Overview. Basic chronology c. 3000 BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus in what is now Pakistan c. 2500.

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Ancient India An Overview

Basic chronology c BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus in what is now Pakistan c BCE: high point of the Indus Valley civilization c BCE: some Indus sites showing signs of decline c BCE: the Aryan invasions

Indus Valley civilization Right: artist’s recreation of Mohenjo- Daro Below: Great Bath ruins

Mohenjo-Daro

Everyday life

Mysterious signifiers Examples of the multitude of Harrapan clay seals whose meaning(s) still elude us

Aryan invaders Below: an illustration of a scene from the Rig- Veda

Alien gods and values Below: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva Right: the monkey god

Ancient India

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