HIST 9A Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Chandragupta Ii, Gupta Empire, Bahmani Sultanate
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Indus valley script is first known script in india but people there before them. Somewhere around 8000bce, dental procedures were going on according to an article from 2006: were clearly advanced. Indus valley civilization is broken into early/mature/late harappans. Difference between mohenjodara and harappa was 450miles which is substantially large: for the most part the indus valley was in pakistan. Total population: 250000: when indus civilization disappears around 1900bce, density may not be cause because land could not have been overused. Throughout colonial period, the impression was that british thought india was rural b/c there was little industry and much agriculture. If you look at the beginning, the first civilization was urban. They were city/towns that were formed on the banks of the river: there was a script. These scripts can be found on seals that are found all over.
