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Ancient India is usually called the Harappan civilization because this was one of the thousands of villages in ancient India. Historians believe India to be the largest of the four ancient civilizations (China, Egypt, and Tigris and Euphrates civilizations). The reason these Indian cities became so big was because around 50 to 60 million years ago the Himalayan and Hindu Kush mountains. These mountains were used like a natural wall and kept most invaders out leaving the cities to just grow and be safe. Also the indus river allowed for fertile soil and for the people to farm and keep the population full.

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The Indus valley people built with brick and mud brick depending what they could get their hands on.

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It is believed that the people believed in one goddess who was a fertility goddess who helped the people live and make more people.

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The Harappa's had a drain system showing others that they held cleanliness super high in their culture. They were one of the first to have a sewer system.

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The people lived in very cramped houses and most people worked outside since it was so hot inside. The people working inside usually had a hole of sorts or water.

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For a long time the people of India have believed in Hinduism. This religion is the most different because for every story or myth there is two or three versions of it.

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They were among the first to develop a system of uniform weights and measures. Their building bricks were very uniform making city planning easy. This is why they were such a big city.

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The houses in this area were mostly made of dried mud brick or baked bricks. The house's were 1-2 stories in height.

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Fishing was a part of a lot of peoples life since they lived on the Indus river. Also trading along the river was important too.

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Hinduism evolved off of the Vedic religion. It arrived around 1500 BCE and shaped into what it is today. The sacred book for it was the Vedas.

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The harappans created the button around 2000 BCE and was used on shirts. They also created the first ruler for measurements.

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The goddess in this carving is shown interacting with many animals showing them as maybe her children or she created them.

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The houses were not visible from the street and this was because of the privacy the people wanted. There was believed to be a water supply for the entire population by building a giant drinking pool.

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The entrance to this area is shown having a ditch meaning it is transporting water to the town. Also see on the left how crowded it is.

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The language the Indus valley used was called Indus Script. It is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilization during the Kot Dijiand Mature Harappan periods between 3500 and 1900 BCE. Most of the data obtained from artifacts are short inscriptions making it hard to understand what they say. Due to this the language has not been deciphered.

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The most significant thing they are known for is their architecture. They built irrigation throughout their entire city and was able to give drinking water to all their people allowing them to flourish. Also since they were not near wood they adapted and made brick and mud brick houses. They were surrounded by mountains allowing them to focus on building and their people and be succesful.

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It is thought that they worshipped a mother goddess of fertility. There was a lot of swastica signs showing maybe religious signs.

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It was very hot in the Indus Valley so a lot of people spent their days outside. Some rich children would go to school and learn to read and write and then have a priest teach them of religion.