Harappan Culture
Online Poster By: Charles Doubrava
Lanuage
- The language is one we don't know much about.
- We do know there are 400 symbols.
- The symbols are thought to represent phonic sounds.
Culture
- The kids had toys of clay and wood meaning they could afford nonessentials
- There are very few weapons found where they settled suggesting limited conflict
- They found a picture of a a creature with mans head, elephant trunk and tusks, horns of a bull and rump of a tiger.
Role of Religion
- Close ties to religion
- Included Hindu culture
- had preist for prayer
- Believed to be a theocracy
Trade
- Had a thriving trade
- Gold and silver came from north Afghanistan
- Semiprecious stones from Deccan Plateau and Persia crafted into jewelry
- Indus river provided transportation for goods
- Bright colored cotton cloth was great in trading
- land routes from Persia to the Caspian Sea
- trading lasted from 2600 BC to 1800 BC