The Rise of the indus Valley Civilization
12 June 2014
What Attributed to The Rise of The Indus Valley Civilization
More than four thousand years earlier there thrived a civilization within the Punjab and Sindh regions of Northwest India and Pakistan. This civilization was named after the main river of the region the Indus River. It was called as the Indus valley civilization. This civilization had an area much larger than the Egypt and Mesopotamia civilization jointly (A.L.Basham).
The researchers have given different names to this civilization. However, the most widespread title is the “Harappan” civilization. Later, another larger site was discovered near “Harrappa” called Mohenjo Daro meaning the “Mound of the Dead” in the local language. Hence, the researchers have termed these sites jointly and named it as the “Indus” civilization.
The Indus Civilization was situated nearby the Himalaya Mountains on the floodplains of Indus and Saraswati rivers. The land was very fertile, and the warm, temperate climate bequeathed upon the region. Type of weather and the topography helped this valley to become the most prosperous granary in north part of India. These fertile floodplains proved promising for young fledgling agriculturalists.
It is very evident from the archaeological records that the people of the Indus did not waste any of the precious resource. They managed to bring richnes to their civilization by working hard, and methodically. They were not only expert farmers and fishermen, they were also masters in prophecy, and learned to maintain a fragile relationship with the cyclic floods from the rivers due to their proximity. Their skilled preparation paid them off in the form of a subsistence agricultural base that lasted thousands of years. They had produced food in surplus. These efforts from the Indus farmers’ ensured the growth of their population. This surplus food was tone of the major factor in the glut of many other specialists that included Flintknappers, potters, lapidaries, blacksmith,
What Attributed to The Rise of The Indus Valley Civilization
More than four thousand years earlier there thrived a civilization within the Punjab and Sindh regions of Northwest India and Pakistan. This civilization was named after the main river of the region the Indus River. It was called as the Indus valley civilization. This civilization had an area much larger than the Egypt and Mesopotamia civilization jointly (A.L.Basham).
The researchers have given different names to this civilization. However, the most widespread title is the “Harappan” civilization. Later, another larger site was discovered near “Harrappa” called Mohenjo Daro meaning the “Mound of the Dead” in the local language. Hence, the researchers have termed these sites jointly and named it as the “Indus” civilization.
The Indus Civilization was situated nearby the Himalaya Mountains on the floodplains of Indus and Saraswati rivers. The land was very fertile, and the warm, temperate climate bequeathed upon the region. Type of weather and the topography helped this valley to become the most prosperous granary in north part of India. These fertile floodplains proved promising for young fledgling agriculturalists.
It is very evident from the archaeological records that the people of the Indus did not waste any of the precious resource. They managed to bring richnes to their civilization by working hard, and methodically. They were not only expert farmers and fishermen, they were also masters in prophecy, and learned to maintain a fragile relationship with the cyclic floods from the rivers due to their proximity. Their skilled preparation paid them off in the form of a subsistence agricultural base that lasted thousands of years. They had produced food in surplus. These efforts from the Indus farmers’ ensured the growth of their population. This surplus food was tone of the major factor in the glut of many other specialists that included Flintknappers, potters, lapidaries, blacksmith,