Harappan Culture
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Language
- Over 400 characters
- Most characters represent phonetic sounds rather than words
- indecipherable
- No bilingualism shown
Culture
- No warfare
- Poor division of social classes
- Animals important to culture
- Prosperity seen through toys
Religion
- Polytheistic, main god was Shiva (below)
- Bull is sacred
- Theocratic society
- Strangely, no temples of worship found
Trade
- Main trade was brightly colored cotton cloth
- Traded with Afghanistan, Persia and Mesopotamia
- Thrived from trade
- Indus River is major part of trade