1. Early India

2. Questions to be answered
Where did Indian Civilizations develop?
What influenced the rise of Indian Civilization?
Who were the Aryans?
What is a caste system?

3. India’s Early Civilizations
The Land of India
India is a subcontinent even though it is a part of Asia.
The Himalayan Mountains separate India from the rest of the continent

4. Vocabulary
Subcontinent- Large land mass that is part of a continent but is distinct and separate from it.
Himalayan Mountains- Tallest and largest mountains in the world

5. Land of India
There are 5 countries that make up the Indian subcontinent:
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh

6. Land of India India has 2 fertile river Valleys Ganges river-
The Ganges is 1557 miles long

7. Land of India
The river starts in an ice cave on the southern slopes of the Himalayas, some 10,300 feet (3,140 meters) above sea level

8. Land of India
It flows eastward and empties into the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. Its mouths forms a vast delta. Sheer volume of waste - estimated at nearly 1 billion litres per day - of mostly untreated raw sewage Also, inadequate cremation procedures contributes to a large number of partially burnt or unburnt corpses floating down the Ganga, not to mention livestock corpses

9. Land of India
2. Indus River- Stretches across present day India, Pakistan, and Nepal empties into the Arabian Sea The total length of the river is 1,980 mi and it is Pakistan's longest river.

10. Land of India
The river system is fed mainly by snow and glaciers of the Himalayas,
annual flooding attributed to intense monsoon rainfall

11. Land of India
Monsoons are an in an important part of the Indian Climate
Monsoons- winds that blow one direction in the winter and the opposite direction in the summer.

12. Land of India
If Monsoon rains are good in the summer, farmers celebrate their arrival

13. India’s Early civilization
Assyrian Civilization began in river valleys
Egyptian Civilization began in river valleys
Indian civilizations began in river valleys
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14. India’s Early civilization
India’s early civilization began around 3000 BC in the Indus river Valley.
More than 1,000 villages were part of the civilization
They came from 2 major cities
Harappa and Mohenja-Daro

15. India’s Early civilization
Had wide Streets and walls surrounding each neighborhood
Had a population of about 35,000
The city was a fortress built on a brick platform
Houses were built from brick

16. India’s Early civilization
Conveniences
Indoor bathrooms
Sewer drainage under the city
Garbage chutes
Granaries to store food.

17. India’s Early civilization
Most Harappans were farmers
Grew Rice, Barley peas and cotton
City dwellers made bronze tools and cotton cloth.
Likely the Harappans began trading with the Mesopotamians in 2300 BC