1. By Liz Homick, Nick Kokotakis, Tommy Lamb, Dani LeBlanc, Aaron Leonard G3 Group 2 DANTE

2. Geo- Polit ical Map Of India

3. Map of India Indian Subcontinent coastline Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean 4 regions: Northern Mountain Zone [Himalayas]; Indo- Gangetic Plain; desert region; southern region Rivers Ganges

4.  Introduction to Indus Valley Civilization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QJ09TGy9kc

5.  Indus Valley Civilization  Harappan Civilization Oldest and most mysterious civilization Along Indus River Valley River as way of life Urban society Structure and architecture for river valley Decline of Harappan Civilization

6.  The Grand Bath  Harappan Civilization  Part of urban architecture  Bricked well/pool as public bath  Largest public building/facility in cities  Rituals/baptism

7. Indus Script symbols on square soapstone seals #1 distinctive trait of Harappa Mark ownership on goods/property as identity badges Undeciphered still Bull = #1 recognizable symbol Power, pride, virility

8.  Aryans Upper Ganges River Valley civilizations Originally Indo-Iranians Migration Nomadic, pastoral lifestyle Farming civilization Cattle, horses, and warfare Ritual sacrifice and hymns to Agri and Surya

9.  The Ganges Sacred waters of Ganges Spiritual and physical healing All aspects of life Center of economic, social, and cultural lives Ma Ganga Delivered river to Earth Power to create, preserve, destroy, recreate Bathing/drinking = Purification and spiritual salvation

10.  Rig - Veda  Aryans’ collection of hymns  Oldest source of their history, origins, and culture  Sacred text for Aryans and later modern Hindu religion  To Vedic gods  Sanskrit language  Evidence of religion

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