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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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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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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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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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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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1. Farming

2. The Indus River valley civilization it developed there because of the river.

3. They had sewage systems and a grid street pattern.

4. Hinduism

5. The were the 16 most powerful kingdoms.

6. They followed Buddhism

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1.Learning to farm

2.it developed between the Indus river to have fertile soil and a good waterway for sewage and other water-based needs

3. they had advanced "technology" for their time like sewage ways

4.Buddhism

5.they united many Indian civilizations

6.buddhism

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The historical circumstances that led to the establishments of the indus river valley civilization to the classical age in India were..people settling into India because of its rivers, causing them to have good resources and stuff..

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1: learning to farm

2: it developed between the indus river for fertile soil and a water way for things. that need water

3: advanced technolgy

4:buddhism

5:uniting indian civilzation

6:buddhism

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1- The historical turning point led to the creation of permanent settlements in India was people in the Indus Valley were understanding how to farm.

2- The first civilization in India was the Indus River Valley Civilization. it developed along the Indus River on the Indo-Gangetic Plain to have fertile soil.

3- What made Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro "sophisticated?" was because they included grid street patterns and had drainage systems.

4- The belief system that originated in India and still dominates it today is Hinduism.

5- The great accomplishments of the Maurya Empire was that they were the 16 most powerful kingdoms.

6- The religion that the Maurya empire supported was Buddhism.

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they settled due to farming and as a result led to settlement

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Many people went to the Indian rivers for natural resources and fertile soil

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

2. The Indus Valley

3. Harappan cities was their sophisticated water supply and waste extraction systems.

4. The Hindu belief system

5. encouraged the expansion of trade in India.

6. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

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Historians believe that the Indus civilization is as older as the Sumerians, in Mesopotamia.The Harappan civilization, the first settlement of the Indus people was next to the Indus River. Since those ancestral times, the Harappans developed an important culture around agriculture. As a result of this, the Indus people strengthen their kingdom in the region. Because of this development, the Harappan people prospered and extended their territories.

But through the passing of years, they disappeared mysteriously due to factors unknown by historians and anthropologists. So after many years, other people that practiced Buddhism and Hinduism followed.

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A lot of people went to the Indian rivers for a lot of resources and they wanted fertile soil