T.G.+India

Home Page __**INDIA

Geography:**__ **__Climate:__**
 * The tallest mountains in the north and largest desert to the east (helps protect Indus valley from invasion).
 * The indus river flows southwest from the himalayas to the arabian sea
 * The indus and the gange and the lands they water make up a large area that streches 1,700 miles across northern india
 * Like the tigris, euphates, and the nile, these rivers carry not only water for irrigation, but also silt, which produce rich land for agrigulture.
 * There were many monsoons
 * Dry and wet seasons
 * __Enviormental Challenges:__**
 * Yearly floods spread silt over large areas
 * The cycle of wet and dry seasons bring monsoon rain
 * To much rain would sweep away villages, flood and cause death, to little would cause starvation and also death and feilds to die
 * __Language:__**
 * had a developed written language
 * impossible to decipher because nothin has been found that is bilingual
 * the harappan language is found on stamps and seals made of carved stone used for pottery and tools
 * about 400 symbols make up their language
 * very few weapons have been found which shows evidence of little warfare
 * animals were very important parts of their life
 * __Religion__:**
 * close ties to religion
 * Believed to have a theocracy
 * priest most likely prayed for good harvest, and safty from floods
 * early representations of shiva, a major hindu god
 * early worship of the bull
 * Trade**
 * Conducted thriving trade
 * Gold and silver came from north Afganistan
 * semiprecious stones came from persia
 * they traded nice colored cotton cloth in return for the stones, gold and silver