Table of Contents
- 1 Where are the earliest traces of the Indus Valley civilization to be found?
- 2 What evidence suggests Indus Valley cities were run by a strong central government?
- 3 Is the Indus Valley Civilization The earliest form of Hinduism?
- 4 Is the Indus Valley Civilization related to the Dravidian language family?
- 5 What was the economy of the Indus Valley Civilization like?
Where are the earliest traces of the Indus Valley civilization to be found?
The civilization was first identified in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and then in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro (Mohenjodaro), near the Indus River in the Sindh (Sind) region. Both sites are in present-day Pakistan, in Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively.
What evidence suggests Indus Valley cities were run by a strong central government?
What evidence suggests that the Indus valley cities were run by a strong central government? They had an advanced irrigation system that is spread throughout the city.
Was the Indus Valley Civilization centralized?
There is little archaeological evidence to suggest that the Indus Valley cities had a strong central government.
Is the Indus Valley Civilization The earliest form of Hinduism?
We do not know which beliefs and practices or the religious traditions of the Indus Valley Civilization found their way into present day Hinduism. Some historians question whether the religion of the Indus Valley people can be categorized at all as the earliest known aspect of Hinduism.
A relationship with the Dravidian or Elamo-Dravidian language family is favoured by a section of scholars. The Indus Valley Civilisation is named after the Indus river system in whose alluvial plains the early sites of the civilisation were identified and excavated.
Who brought the basic tenets of Hinduism to India?
At one time, it was believed that the basic tenets of Hinduism were brought to India by the Aryans who invaded the Indus Valley civilization and settled along the banks of the Indus river about 1600 BCE.
What was the economy of the Indus Valley Civilization like?
The Indus civilisation’s economy appears to have depended significantly on trade, which was facilitated by major advances in transport technology. The IVC may have been the first civilisation to use wheeled transport.