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Indus Valley

Published on Dec 14, 2018

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Indus Valley

By Lily Vizzo 
Photo by bennylin0724

Indus Valley Homes🏠

They made multi-story houses made out of uniformly sized bricks. 

Food
Indus Valley people mainly hunted and farmed🌾They would farm wheat, barley, and lentils. They also ate seafood and fruit.

Transportation

They used boats and bullock carts to travel and trade. 

Map of Indus Valley

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Art
They made sculptures, jewelry, made and pots/vases out of metal, clay, copper, and bronze

Photo by Annie Spratt

Geographic features

  • Mountains
  • Vast deserts
  • Rivers
  • Fertile plains
  • Rugged plateaus

Clothing
Indus Valley men wore wrap skirts and the women wore cloth, woolen yarn, and cotton outfits. They wore sandals made of cloth and wood with accessories like rings and other jewelry and armlets.

Climate
On their mountains, towards the north, it could be freezing cold in January but the hottest parts could reach up to around 100 degrees in July.

Toys/entertainment
Indus Valley children played with board games and dice to entertain themselves without advanced technology like we have today.

Harappan civilization summary
The Harappan civilization is a civilization scientists and scholars know very little about. They have low knowledge of their civilization due to no one being able to translate their writing.