The Indus River Valley civilization was located in two modern day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Indus River Valley
The Indus River Valley was home to one of the world's first civilizations. Read on to learn more about this region.
Geography
The northern boundary of India is lined up with the mountain ranges. The tall Himalayas which contain Mount Everest are located to the north while the Hindu Kush mountain rise to the northeast.
Monsoons are seasonal reversing wind and changes in preciptation. It effected the farmers by bringing rain to India.
This civilization had two major cities named Harappa and Mohenjo daro.
Religion
The vedas is a collection of hymns and other religious text composed in india between about 1500 and 1000 bce.
Their beliefs are reincarnation and karma. Hindu emphasizes all living beings are part of a Supreme Being, Hindu believed in many gods. Buddhism beliefs are Gautama came to understand the human suffering and the way around it, and the nature of supreme inner space. Buddha discovered a path that did not require priest or ceremonies and did not require any gods.
Achievements
There is very little known because there is 250 to 500 characters many scholars could not read their language because they have only partially decoded the language.
Two major contributions are the creation of the zero, and they used symbols to represent the place value. The indian systems used decimal place value system which used 4 digits and 0 as a placeholders.
Politics
Aryans came from Asia in 2000 BC. Aryan is the name that was formerly given to the people who were thought to have settled in India.
1.Ruled by the Mauryan Dynasty from 322 BCE to 185 BCE, the Mauryan Empire thrived and grew to power during the Iron Age.
2.The empire originated in Indian Subcontinent's eastern side from
3.kingdom of Magadha.
Chandragupta Mauryan was the founder of the empire.
1.Gupta Empire is the third-largest empire in India by approximate maximum extent (3,500,000 km²).
2.Gupta Empire started somewhere in 320 CE
3.Gupta Empire was existed about 230 years from 320 CE to 550 CE.
Economy
economy was based on trade and agriculture.The people there would trade food like, peas,wheat,sesamum and lentils.people also traded jewelry like,bangles,necklaces,ear ornaments and rings
Wheat
Bangles