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Ancient Civilization
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Ancient India
Architecture/Technology. The advanced architecture and construction techniques of the Indus cities is also shown with impressive dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls. The walls were probably constructed to protect them as much from floods as from outside attackers.
. Much of what we know about them today also came from sacred writing called the Vedas. "The religion of the ancient Aryans, known as Brahmanism, was polytheistic and heavily influenced the later development of Hinduism"
The Aryans lived in ganas, which means "collections." A gana was made up of several families. Each gana had its own territory, ruled by a warrior chief called a raja or king.
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Writing.Some scholars have wondered whether these symbols actually constituted a proper writing system. Whatever the case, the lack of decipherable texts means that we can gain no real insight into many of the details of Indus society as well as little about its government and politics.
Government. For example, one Aryan influence on modern-day India was the development of the caste system. A caste is a social group in which people are born and they cannot change. The caste system began because the Aryans had four social classes, which they called varnas. .
Location. Over time, a vast number of settlements were built on the banks of the Indus River and surrounding areas.
The Indus River Valley covers most of modern-day Pakistan, the northwestern region of modern-day India, and a small portion of Afghanistan.under layers of land and mounds of dirt. "which was at the same time as the Egyptians and Mesopotamians"
