Indus Valley Civilization (सिन्धु घाटी सभ्यता)
- A Pride of India
Since I am studying history now a days, I thought of writing
a blog post on Indus Valley Civilization. I thought everyone should know the
fact that India had a great civilization 4500 years back and how our great ancestors lived in that era. It is one of the
oldest civilizations of the world.
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INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (2500 – 1800 BC)
Many people call People of Indus Valley Civilization (our
ancestors) “The masters of the river”. Because they lived on the banks of the
river Indus. In that era people were rich and had good economic system. They
were educated and had a writing system. The Indus Valley Civilization was
discovered and excavated in 1920’s. It is really a thing to be proud of, that
people of that era were educated and exported many of the goods produced within
the country to other countries. Many seals were found in the excavations of the
sites of Indus Valley Civilizations.
Hariyupiyah
There is a hymn in the rig veda which tell us the secret
decay of Indus Valley Civilizations. In that hymn one word Haryupiyah is
mentioned which is vey much similar to the word Harappa of Indus Valley
Civilization. The hymn says “In aid of Abhyavartin Cayamana, Indra destroyed
the seed of Varasikha. At Hariyupiyah, he smote the vanguard of the Vrcivans,
and the rear fled frightened”. The Hymn can be found in Rig Veda (Chapter
XXVII, Section 5). (See note 1 in references.)
Mohenjodaro & Harappa
Mohenjodaro is situated in the north of Karachi, in
Pakistan. It is one of the major centers of Indus Valley Civilization. The Great
Bath, great granary, naked bronze dancing girl, bearded man etc. was discovered
here.
Harappa is situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It
is also one of the major centers of Indus Valley Civilization. Stone dancing
Natraja, urn burial, person wearing dhoti etc found here.
There were other major centers of Indus Valley Civilization discovered which are Kalibangan, Lothal, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi, Daimabad, Ganeriwala, Chanudarho, Sutkagendor.
PM MODI ji's View
In a video of I saw yesterday on youtube. Our PM of
India Mr. Modi ji said something great about Indus valley civilization.
Although the video was an old one uploaded in 2011. In the video he said
that now a days people talk about olympic games, talk about big playgrounds but they may not have seen the playground of our ancestors from the Indus
Valley Civilization in Dholavira situated in kutch (Gujrat) nearly 5000 years
back. He further said that a signboard also found in Dholavira that shows it
must be big town and there must be foreigners visiting place that is why people
used signboards to help people know the correct path. He said everything that we found there tells us the great power and knowledge of our ancestors.
Decay of Indus Valley Civilization
It is a topic of debate because nobody knows how Indus
Valley Civilization disappeared. Some say because of the climate or weather
conditions, some say Aryans invaded the Indus Valley Civilization and some say
that some sites were abandoned and literacy, seals and sealing and urban phase
was lost but many smaller sites continued.
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References :-
Note 1. The hymn was taken from the book “The Pearson General Studies Paper I for civil services preliminary exam”.
