1. Fire Alters & Life After Death.
By Heather Green & Lauren Newlands

2. Fire Altars -Rituals and Sacrifices.
Fire rituals and sacrifices were
Important to the Vedic religious
practices.
The Indus people worshipped
Using the fire as it is believed that
They had religious connections
With fire.
They, potentially, had a fire deity.

3. Fire Alters -In the Home.
These fire alters were made in
The homes of the Indus people.
This is potential evidence of them
Worshipping in the home. This could
Link to how modern day Hindu's
Have an alter in the home to
Worship their deities.

4. Life After Death -afterlife.
From graves, archaeologists can tell that the Indus valley people were buried with clay pots, figures and beads.
It is thought that them being buried with these items
was believed to get them into the afterlife.
To offer as a token of passage into the afterlife.
It is thought that the Indus valley people
were a peaceful community due to the lack of
armour and weapons in the graves.

5. Life After Death -cremation and Death mound.
Later on in the Indus period, the dead were
cremated and then sometimes put into a pot
to be buried as ash.
The city ‘Mohenjo-Daro’ means “heap
of the dead”. This link to a ritual they are
thought to have taken part in to do with
Equinox, the changing seasons.