MMW 11 Final: MMW 11 Final Review Guide
Document Summary
Key names & terms for unit on ancient india. Indus valley: area located around the indus river, early indian societies were discovered here. Stamped seals: stone carved seals, mainly made male animal figurines, humans were made as women but depicted crudely, lingams (phallic shrines) and dedicates figures to the hindu god shiva, lord of creatures. The great bath: center of the citadel centralized bathing area. Cleaning ritual: evidence of surplus and affluence. Aryan influx: 20th to 15th century, came from central asia and moved westward to punjab, common hindu european languages, domesticated horses. Dravidians: the people that lived in india originally before the aryans settled. Indian culture began as a mixture of these two cultures. Dravidians, darker colored people were originally discriminated against by the caste or varna (color) system. Aryans were lighter skinned while dravidians were dark. However, intermarriage eventually brought these two distinctions to nil.
