1 Ancient India An Overview

2 Basic chronology c BCE: farming settlements appear along the valley of the river Indus in what is now Pakistan c BCE: high point of the Indus Valley civilization c BCE: some Indus sites showing signs of decline c BCE: the Aryan invasions

3 Indus Valley civilizationRight: artist’s recreation of Mohenjo-Daro Below: Great Bath ruins

4 Mohenjo-Daro

5 Everyday life

6 Mysterious signifiersExamples of the multitude of Harrapan clay seals whose meaning(s) still elude us

8 Alien gods and values Below: Brahma, Vishnu, and ShivaRight: the monkey god

9 Ancient India

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