Harappan Culture
Adam Villard
Language
- Made up of 400 symbols
- Can not decipher
- Different from Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics
- Found on stamps and seals
Culture
- Artifacts suggest that the society was prosperous
- Few weapons found, conflict was limited
- Animals were an important part of culture
- Social divisions were not great
Religion
- Leaders are believed to have close ties with religion
- People think it was a theocracy
- Priests prayed for good harvests ands safety from floods
- Links to modern day Hindu culture
Trade
- Gold and silver came from Afghanistan
- Stones from Persia were made into jewelry
- Brightly colored cotton was desirable
- They used the Indus River for a link to the sea