1. 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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. 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

7. 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.