RLG205H5 Lecture Notes - Rigveda, Mandala 10
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Week 2 ancient sources: i n d us valley civ i l izat ion and t he g. Indus valley civilization: the 3rd largest civilization in the world after mesopotamia and ancient egypt. Dates to 3rd and 4th millennium bce (6,000 5,000 years ago). Bce = before the common era (2010 years ago) Used to be literate (has script) + highly educated. Scrip has not been deciphered because we found a very small sample (can decipher scrip with a large enough sample, don"t need a translation). 2 major archaeological discoveries having the same political structure: harappa and. Large cities (urban civilization) with raised + large buildings + great public bath with water supply + sewage system. Many different theories based on the same evidence! Scripts have seals with picture of animals and maybe gods! Script theory 1: script is part of the dravidian language family: south asian languages with a different structure form the north indian languages.
