PPT-Harappan

and Mohenjo dara Harappan Civilization Historians call the civilization that grew up in the Indus River Valley the Harappan huh RApuhn civilization In addition many Harappan. Indus Valley. Harappa. Mohenjo-Daro. Indus Valley. The . Harappan. culture existed along the Indus River in what is present day Pakistan. . It was named after the city of Harappa. Harappa and the city of Mohenjo-Daro were important centers of the Indus valley civilization. . Indian Subcontinent. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. River Valley. Indus and Ganges. Farming is possible only in flood plain of rivers. Monsoons – seasonal winds. Dominate India’s climate. October – May = Winter. Outcome: Geography & Early Civilization. Geography & Early Civilization. Setting the Stage. Historians know less about the origins and eventual decline of early Indian cultures because the. . The Big Idea. Indian civilization first developed on the Indus River.. Main Ideas. The geography of India includes high mountains, great rivers, and heavy seasonal rain.. Harappan. civilization developed along the Indus River.. We are now leaving Africa!. And landing in….. Ancient India. Harappan Civilization. Harappan. civilization began around the . Indus River . around 2500BC.. It is also known as . the Indus Valley Civilization. The . Indus Valley civilization. flourished around 2,500 B.C. . in the western part of South Asia, . in what today is Pakistan and western India. . It is . often referred to as Harappan Civilization. . MANORANJAN . JODDAR. ASST.PROFESSOR. BANGABASI COLLEGE. Do Now: . Farmer’s Activity. India is a . subcontinent. in South Asia.. The . Himalaya Mountains . separate India. From China.. This is a photograph of the famous. Khyber Pass. . This valley allowed. of Indian History and Archaeology . The sites date from before 30,000 to about 10,000 BC. The initial studies focused on the north-west, in terraces of the . Soan. River and in the . Potwar. Plateau. . Indus Valley. The Harappan culture existed along the Indus River in what is present day Pakistan. . It was named after the city of Harappa. Harappa and the city of Mohenjo-Daro were important centers of the Indus valley civilization. . 3000 BC - 1500 BC.  In 1922, archaeologists found something exciting! They found the remains of an ancient city called Harappa. They found another city, located 400 miles southwest of Harappa, called Mohenjo-Daro. Other ancient cities from the same period, arranged in the same way, have been found since. Collectively, this civilization is referred to as the Indus Valley Civilization (sometimes, the Harappan civilization). This civilization existed from about 3000-2,500 BCE to about 1500 BCE, which means it existed at about the same time as the Egyptian and Sumerian civilizations..