GAQ BC 101 - 12th January 2012 (Thursday)

• Set a Question as tutorial homework "Introduce the religious and social condition in the Indus Valley Civillization" (Past Year 2011 Qn) - refer to lesson 1 notes to do this write up
• Himalayan Mountains
• Khyber Pass
• HIndu Kush
• Indo-Gangetic Plains
• Indus River (Arabian Sea)
• Ganges River (Bay of Bengal)
• Southern Peninsula (Ocean Plateau)
• Culture papar also got philosophy and or sociology
• Evidence show by scholars now that there is no Aryan Invasion. BUT WE STILL GOT TO STUDY IT FOR THE SAKE OF EXAMS !!!!
• There are 2 main sources to quote from - Archaeology & Early Rig Veda
• Indus Valley Civilization disappeared ??? how ???? !!! ???
• There are 10 books in the Rig Veda
• Early they describe Aryans in Indus Valley (what kind if practice of the Aryans)
• Later ....
• 550 BC (importance in Buddhism) there were writte Vedas; before that there was only oral tradition
• Brahmin got to exert their authority thus got to have written form of Vedas
• India got 4 periods
• Paleolithic (Before till 10,000 BC)
• Mesolithic (10,000 BC - 6,000 BC)
• Neolithic (6,000 BC - 4,000 BC)
• Metal Age (4,000 BC - ~800 BC)
• Harrappan Civilization was between the Neolithic period and the Metal Age Period
• Harrappan Civillization got 4 periods
• Pre-Harrappan (Nomadic people)
• Early Harrappan (Villages on plains)
• Muture Harrappan (Great City urbanization)
• Late Harrappan (Decline)