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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