Ancient Indians and Hinduism

Ancient CitiesGeography

Pluralistic Religion

The Story of Harappa

The Geography

of the Indus Valley

alluvial plain

The Rann (Greater)(Lesser)

In what ways did geography impact the development of the Indus Valley?

The Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro

Public Works Projects of Mohenjo-Daro and

Harappasewage system

public wells

What can we deduce about this civilization based on these ruins?

The Story of Mohenjo-Daro

In what ways do the season monsoons affect the Indian subcontinent?

The Geography and Climate of the Indian SubcontinentHindu Kush Khyber PassIndus River Ganges RiverTharr DesertKutchHimalayas Deccan PlateauWestern Ghats Eastern GhatsIndian Ocean Bay of Bengal

Kutch

Tharr Desert

Hindu Kush

Khyber Pass

Indian Ocean Bay of Bengal

India

Pakis

tanAf

ghanistan

Iran

China

Tibet

NepalBhutan

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Current Agricultural Use and Population Concentration of the Indian Subcontinent

The Eastern Ghats

Visakhapatnam, Beach Road from Kailashagiri

Rice paddies in valley of the Eastern Ghats, Orissa, India, Asia

The river near the Gogarbham Dam in Tirumala, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Western Ghats

The Western Ghat hills at Matheran in Maharashtra, India

Western Ghats as seen from Gobichettipalayam

The Shola Grasslands and forests in the Kudremukh National Park, Western Ghats, India.

The Jog Falls in Karnataka, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in India.

Between 2500 and 2000 BC:Indo-Europeans migrated all over Eurasia