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INDUS VALLEY

CIVILIZATION
Part 1 :Important Phases of Evolution

4000 BC - 1800 BC

Neolithic

Baluchistan and Indus Plains

Mehrgarh and Killi Ghul Mohammad

Pastoralism with seasonal cultivation & other


occupations

Emergence of Permanent Villages

2900 BC - 2500 BC

Early Harappan period

More settlements in hills and plains

Largest no. of villages

Use of Copper, Wheel and Plough

Extraordinary pottery forms -- Beginning of many regional


traditions

Rural to Urban life

Amri and Kot Diji

Granary, Defensive walls and Long Distance Trade

Uniformity in Pottery tradition

Origins of Motifs - Pipal, Humped Bulls, Horned Deity

2500 BC - 2000 BC

Mature Harappan period

Comparatively large cities

Uniform types of bricks, weights, seals, beads and


pottery

Planned Township

Long distance trade

Kalibangan

2000 BC Onwards

Late Harappan Period

Many Harappan sites are abandoned

Continuation of Harappan Crafts and Pottery


tradition

Village cultures of Punjab, Sutlej - Jamuna divide

Lothal

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