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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. The exposure of the Indus Valley Civilization around 2800 BCE.

2. Indus Valley, Regular river flooding deposited fertile soil that was good for crops.

3. Water supply & waste extraction systems.

4. The Hindu belief system.

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

6. Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.

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1, it is the himalayas
2. indus River/Brahmaptura river
3.  rivers and dessert
4. they had very much access to water

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1.water

2.place with water

3.cool stuff

4.I dont know

5.cool weapons

6.one of the many religion

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1- after the fall of the Indus river valley civilization, new civilizations took place in India. 2- the first civilization in India devloped in the Indus river valley. That is because they could easily trade with goods because of the rivers. 3- they were called sophisticated because it included a grid street pattern. 4- hinduism 5- yara

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The historical turning point that led to the creation of permanent settlements in India is farming.

The first civilization was the Indus River Valley...

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1. the Indus valley was the first civilization in India.

2. 2 .the Indus River and the brahmaptura river

3. the water supply and extracyion

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1. The fall of the Indus River Valley Civilizations was a historical turning point.

2. The first civilization in India developed in the Indus River Valley because of the good water source.

3. What made it sophisticated like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro was that it included a grid street pattern and drainage systems.

4. Hinduism was developed in India and still dominates it today.

5. The great accomplishments of the Maurya Empire was that they Unified a plethora of India in 320 BCE.

6. The Maurya Empire mainly supports Buddhism.