TERMS:

• Paleolithic
• Neolithic
• Chalcolithic



• Mohenjo-daro
• Harappa
• Kalibangan
• Lothal



• Great Bath
• Seals



• Shiva
• Pashupati
• lingam
• Swastika
• Ficus Religiosa
• Boustrophedon



• Aryans

I. PREHISTORY:

II. THE REGIONS COMPRISING THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:

III. ORIGINS:

• Excavation of the 1920s



• Extent

IV. SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION:

• Cultivation of Staple



• Domestication of Animals



• Cotton Growing and the Weaving of Textiles



• Tools and Weapons



• Foreign Trade with Mesopotamia

V. THE CITIES OF THE INDUS VALLEY:

• City Plan
• Layout of Streets
• Houses
• Blocks
• Burnt Bricks

• Drainage System
• Bathrooms
• Metropolitan Sewage System
• Metropolitan Garbage Disposal System
• Sophisticated Hygiene
• Strong Central Authority
• Public Buildings
• Granary
• Citadel
• Great Bath
• Theory of the Priest-King

VI. WRITING:

• Pictographic Script



• Boustrophedon

VII. SEALS:

• Purpose



• Depictions



• Religion



• Continuity

• Shiva
• Pashupati
• lingam
• Swastika
• Ficus Religiosa

VIII. FACTORS FOR DECLINE AND DISAPPEARANCE:

• Aryans



• Tectonic Earth Movements: Floods



• Destruction of Soil: End of Agriculture



• Ecological Imbalance

PLACE NAMES:

• India
• Pakistan
• Punjab
• Sind
• Rajasthan
• Gujarat
• Delhi
• Kathiawar
• Alamgirpur
• Rupar
• Suktagendor
• Indus River
• Himalayas
• Deccan Plateau
• Vindhya Mountains
• Indian Ocean
• Afghanistan
• Khyber Pass
• Egypt
• Nile River
• Mesopotamia
• Tigris River
• Euphrates River
• Sumer
• Near East
• Persian Gulf