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The first confirmed permanent settlements of humans in India appeared 9000 years ago and by 5100 BCE, people in the Indus Valley were farming and establishing permanent settlements.

The Indus River Valley Civilization was the first civilization in India. It developed along the Indus River on the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The civilization was well-known for sophisticated cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro that included a grid street pattern and drainage systems. The Indus Civilization may have had a population of over five million. Over 2500 cities and settlements have been found. Around the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Indus River basin dried up, and the sites were abandoned.

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Vedic Civilization and Hinduism (1500 BCE- 320 BCE)

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Vedic Civilization and Hinduism (1500 BCE- 320 BCE)

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After the fall of the Indus River Valley civilization, new settlements called the Vedic Civilization took root in India. Some scholars believe that the people who founded these civilizations migrated into India from the northwest. Several small kingdoms and tribes, which were often at war with each other, merged to form a few large ones.

The belief system that dominates India today, Hinduism, developed at this time. The most important texts of Hinduism including the Vedas and the Mahabharata (a part of which is called the Bhagavad Gita) were written down during the Vedic Period after being passed down orally through generations.

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The Mahajanapadas were the sixteen most powerful kingdoms and republics of the era, located mainly across the fertile Ganges River plains, however there were a number of smaller kingdoms stretching the length and breadth of India that also existed during the late Vedic period. These kingdoms existed until the Maurya Empire unified much of India in 320 BCE.

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In 537 B.C.E., another major belief system, named Buddhism, was founded by a prince named Siddhartha Gautama (later known as “Buddha”) in India. Buddhism is related to Hinduism but rejects many of Hinduism’s most important beliefs. Buddhism was embraced by the Maurya Empire and spread throughout Asia.

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1. Which historical turning point led to the creation of permanent settlements in India?

2. Where did the first civilization in India develop? Why did it develop there?

3. What made Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro “sophisticated?”

4. What belief system originated in India and still dominates it today?

5. What were the great accomplishments of the Maurya Empire?\

6. Which religion did the Maurya empire support?

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Question: Describe the historical circumstances that led to the establishment of settled societies in the Indus Valley until the start of the classical age in India. Remember to use the vocabulary word bank to construct your response. For example, " The Verdic Period was a result of Aryans moving from Central Asia, so their settlements helped progress Indian society".

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1.the creation of permanent settlements in India is their compass that guides you through the stars and location. 2. The first civilization in India developed between the Hindu kush the mountains then their territory in between Asia middle east. 3.What made harappa and Mohenjo-daro made them sophisticated was when theey included a grid street pattern and drainage systems.4.what system originated in India and still dominates it today is the irrigation they use it to grow crops and plumbing. 5.The great accomplishments of maurya empire is when unified in India in 320 BCE and embraced throughtout Asia. 6.What religion did the Maurya empire suppport was Asia.

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1. the emergence of the Indus Valley Civilization around 2800 BCE.

2. the Indus Valley because the Indus River system brings a steady source of irrigation water

3. Harappan cities have sophisticated water supply and waste extraction systems.

4. The Hindu belief system

5. The Maurya Empire's political unity and internal peace encouraged the expansion of trade in India.

6. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

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2)The Indus river valley civilization, they developed there because it was by water and resources

3)a grid street and drainage systems (tech)

4)Buddhism

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1 The creation of the permanent settlements in India was that their compass guides you through the stars and location.2.The first civilization developed in India between the Hindu Kush mountains and the territory in between Asia Middle East.3.What made harappa and mohenjo-aro sophisticated was that It contained grid street patterns and drainage systems.What systems originated in India and dominates it today is the irrigation they use to grow crops and plumbing.

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1!-the indus river basin had dried up which caused all the people to abandon the site.

2!-it first developed between the hindu and himalaya mountains.

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1. The historical turning point that led to the creation of permanent settlements in India is compass because it guided you through the stars and locations.

2. The Indus Valley because the Indus River system brings steady source of irrigation water of farming.

3. Harappan cities have sophisticated water supply wastes extraction systems over any civilizations