Harappa was the first Indus Valley civilisation site to be excavated

Mohenjo-Daro was the second Indus Valley civilisation site to be excavated

the people who lived in the Indus Valley in ancient times are known as the Indus Valley civilisation

the act of separating the parts of a crop that can be eaten from the parts that can't is called threshing

a seal is a decorated object that is pushed into a soft material like wet clay or wax in order to leave an imprint of its design

Archaeology and the Indus

History

The Indus Valley

Cities of the Indus Valley civilisation

Art in the Indus Valley Civilisation

The mysteries of the Indus Valley civilisation

What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation

In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ pupils were encouraged to develop their understanding of the concept of civilisation. In ‘Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?’ pupils are now invited to contrast their strong understanding of early civilisations with Iron Age Britain.

In ‘Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?’ pupils encountered multiple early civilisations in overview in order to strengthen the concept of civilisation and to make connections between these. In ‘The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang’ they are encouraged to develop their understanding of this concept even further. 

These units analyse the way in which archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Shang dynasty. Whichever unit is chosen, pupils examine the archaeological record of an early civilisation and develop their knowledge of what claims are based on these remains.

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang

The first Indus Valley civilisation city found was at...

Which city was once the largest city of the Indus Valley civilisation?

to show who items belonged to when they were sold

Match the discovery at Mohenjo-Daro to the possible explanation.

What were the pictures on clay seals usually of?

Historians can read the writing from the Indus Valley civilisation.

Select the items that have been found in the Indus Valley at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.

The River Indus is a powerful river that flows through India and...

A flat area of land where a river flows between hills or mountains is called a...

Other ancient civilisations have started around which rivers?

Historians think that people started to farm the fertile land around the River Indus...

In 1921 an archaeological dig began at a place called Harappa on the banks of the River...

In the ancient city of Harappa, archaeologists have found the ruins of...

Archaeology and the Indus

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