LOST AND FOUND:
INDUS AND YELLOW RIVER CIVILIZATIONS

Themes

Stories
- Rig Veda
- Manu and Indra
Discoveries
- language: Sanscrit, script
- archaeology: Mohenjodaro and Harappa
Environment
Development
- Harappan society c. 3000-1500 B.C.E.
- Indo-European migrations c. 3000 B.C.E.-1000 C.E.
- Vedic age 1500-500 B.C.E.
Culture
- Harappan culture:
- social:
  - varna and jati
    - kshatriyas
    - brahmans
    - vaishyas
    - shudras
  - sati
- political: regional
Dravidian and Aryan worldview
- Reader ch. 4: Rig-Veda and Upanishads
- transcendence
- samsara and karma
- moksha and Brahman

Stories
- 3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors *
- 3 Dynasties: Xia, Shang, Zhou
Archaeology
- Shansi province: Xia artifacts
- Neolithic artifacts: Yang-shao and Long-shan pottery
- An-yang (Shang) artifacts 13th and 12th centuries B.C.E. [ Alt An-yang]
Environment
- Himalayas, Mongolian plain, Gobi desert, southern jungle mountains; western road
- Yellow and Yangzi rivers
Development
- 2500-2200 B.C.E. Yangshao society
- 2200-1766 B.E. Xia dynasty
- 1766-1122 B.C.E. Shang dynasty
- 1122-256 B.C.E. Zhou dynasty
- 403-221 B.C.E. Warring States
Culture and Worldview
- agriculture: Zhou Book of Songs
- social:
- politics:
  - Mandate of Heaven
  - Zhou Book of Songs, Temple of Heaven *
  - Duke of Zhou [Alt Duke Zhou]
- religion:
  - Shang oracle bones
- worldview:
  - Heaven, Earth, Man
  - the Dao
  - Yin and Yang

Indus and Yellow rivers
myths of origins and archaeology: finding lost civilizations
wordview concepts:
- India: varna and jati; transcendence; samsara and karma
- China: ancestors; Mandate of Heaven; the Dao, Yin and Yang

environment, development, culture
worldview key words: Ma'at, there is no permanence, caste and transcendence, Tao and Yin-Yang
what is civilization and how do we know about it?