INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC).pptx

History of India and Pakistan

1. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC) Main occupation of IVC was agriculture . It is called Neolithic age – New stone age . IVC also known as Bronze age and Harappa civilization . Major cities, Harappa (Sahiwal), bank of Ravi river. Discoverer Daya Ram sahini 1921 Sir John Marshal Director General (1902-1928) of archeological survey of India . Colin Mackenzie was first Surveyor general of India appointed in 1915 .

2. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC) Mohenjo-Daro 1922 (28KM-Larkana), bank of Indus river, described as World heritage by UNESCO 1980 . Discoverer Rahkal Das Bannerjee . Also Known as oasis of Sindh Dholavira(1985) site Gujrat India, Rakhigarhi Haryana India Archaeological survey of India by alexander Cunningham 1861 first DG (Lord Cunning) Biggest site IVC ---Rakhigarhi Hisar district Haryana, unknown to use of Iron . The Great Granary and Great Bath of the IVC has been discovered at- Mohenjo-Daro . Mohenjo-Daro is also known as ----Mound of the dead.

3. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC ) Largest site IVC----Mohenjo-Daro ,Smallest site IVC----Allah Dina ( Karachi) Main feature of IVC was town Planning. Mesopotamian and Egyptian were contemporary civilizations of the IVC Gandhara kingdom in the north of Pakistan developed in 4 th century BC . Capital- Pushkalavati ( Charsada ) Taxila was capital of Gandhara. 35KM north west of rawalpindi

4. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC) Greatest university of ancient world was at Taxila . Hansi Tribe is settled in Western Balochistan . Chandragupta founded the Mauriya Empire in 321 BC with capital at Patna Alexander crossed the Salt Range south of Islamabad to the Beas river . Ashoka promoted Buddhism and built Buddhist shrines in india .

5. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (3300-1300 BC) Great bath of IVC discovered at Mohenjo-Daro Alexander conquered the Dandhara region between 327-325 BC . Mehr Garh site is located in Baluchistan . First evidence of cotton cultivation found . Total sites in Indus Valley Civilization 1400 . script use in IVC Dravidian