By Liz Homick, Nick Kokotakis, Tommy
Lamb, Dani LeBlanc, Aaron Leonard
G3 Group 2 DANTE
GeoPolit
ical
Map
Of
India
Map of India
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Indian Subcontinent
coastline Bay of Bengal, Arabian
Sea, Indian Ocean
4 regions: Northern Mountain
Zone [Himalayas]; IndoGangetic Plain; desert region;
southern region
Rivers
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Ganges
Introduction to Indus
Valley Civilization
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QJ09TGy9kc
Indus Valley Civilization
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 Harappan Civilization
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Oldest and most
mysterious civilization
Along Indus River Valley
River as way of life
Urban society
Structure and architecture
for river valley
Decline of Harappan
Civilization
The Grand Bath
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 Harappan Civilization
 Part of urban
architecture
 Bricked well/pool as
public bath
 Largest public
building/facility in
cities
 Rituals/baptism
Indus Script
symbols on square soapstone seals
#1 distinctive trait of Harappa
Mark ownership on
goods/property
as identity badges
Undeciphered still
Bull = #1 recognizable symbol
•Power, pride, virility
Aryans
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• Upper Ganges River Valley
civilizations
• Originally Indo-Iranians
• Migration
• Nomadic, pastoral lifestyle
• Farming civilization
• Cattle, horses, and warfare
• Ritual sacrifice and hymns
to Agri and Surya
The Ganges
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• Sacred waters of Ganges
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Spiritual and physical healing
All aspects of life
Center of economic, social, and
cultural lives
• Ma Ganga
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Delivered river to Earth
Power to create, preserve,
destroy, recreate
Bathing/drinking =
Purification and spiritual
salvation
Rig - Veda
 Aryans’ collection of
hymns
 Oldest source of their
history, origins, and
culture
 Sacred text for Aryans
and later modern Hindu
religion
 To Vedic gods
 Sanskrit language
 Evidence of religion
Citations
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Barter, James. The Ganges. San Diego: Lucent, 2003. Print.
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Cristian Violatti. “The Vedas,” Ancient History
Encyclopedia. Last modified January 18, 2013.
http://www.ancient.eu /The_Vedas/.
Citation
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"India". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica
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Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 20 Oct. 2015
<http://www.britannica.com/place/India/History>.
Kurian, George Thomas, ed. "India: Geographical Features."
World Geography and Culture Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 20
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hy.aspx&iPin= M0019791&SingleRecord=True>.
Matthews, Alfred Warren. World Religions. Australia:
Wadsworth/Thomson, 2007. Print.
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