Indus Valley Cities
This city, whose name means "Mound of the Dead," is famous for its Great Bath and well-preserved urban ruins.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
This famous small bronze statue, created using the lost-wax technique, shows a girl in a confident pose with one hand on her hip.
What is Dancing Girl?
These are the collection of sacred hymns, prayers, and philosophical texts that form the basis of early Hinduism.
What are the Vedas?
Unlike the city-dwelling Harappans, the Early Vedic people were ........, whose lives revolved around herding livestock.
What about semi-nomadic/pastoralists ?
The system of writing used by the Indus Valley civilization, often found on seals, remains a mystery because it has not been ....?
What Deciphered mean?
The ruins of the two largest Indus Valley cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, are located in which modern-day country?
What is India & Pakistan?
The Indus Valley people were among the first in the world to cultivate this plant and weave its fibers into cloth.
What we do with Cotton?
This was the central religious ceremony of the Vedic Aryans, a fire sacrifice where offerings were made to the gods to sustain order in the universe.
How about Yajna?
In Early Vedic society, a person's or tribe's wealth was primarily measured by the number of these ..... they owned.
How about Cattle? Cow ?
The is one of the most common animal depicted on Harappan seals is this mythical, one-horned creature.
What's the big deal with Unicorn?
This city in modern-day Gujarat was a major port with a large, man-made dockyard, making it crucial for sea trade.
What is Lothal?
To ensure fairness in trade and construction, the Harappans developed and used these with remarkable precision across all their cities.
What is "Standardized weight & measure?"
This is the oldest and most important of the four Vedas, containing thousands of hymns describing spiritual, ritual and their way of life
What is Rigveda?
The leader of a Vedic tribe, or jana, was a chieftain known by this title.
Who was Rajan or Raja?
The decline of the great Indus cities around 1900 BCE was likely caused by a combination of environmental changes and shifts in.....?
What are trade routes?
The higher, fortified area of an Indus city, often containing important public buildings like the Great Bath, is known as
Citadel
This famous seal depicts a figure in a yoga-like pose surrounded by animals, believed to be an early representation of the Hindu deity Shiva.
What is Pashupati?
As the god of fire, he was the essential messenger who carried offerings from humans to the gods during a yajna.
The Agni
Women in the Early Vedic period enjoyed a respected status; they could participate in ....., choose their husbands, receive education and some even composed these sacred texts....
What are Sabha & Samiti & Rigveda ?
The ancient region where both civilizations flourished was known as "......," meaning the Land of the Seven Rivers.
Sapta Sindhu
Famous for its advanced water management system with large reservoirs, this city is also where a unique 10-symbol signboard was discovered.
What is Dholavira?
What are the two inventions of IVC that are found at Dholavira? These are unique unlike grid city, water reservoir etc that are found at multiple IVC sites.
What if I get lost or want to watch a big game? Signboard & Stadium
This sacred drink, mentioned frequently in the Rigveda, was used during religious rituals to connect with the divine.
What is the Soma?
The two important tribal assemblies that advised the chieftain and made decisions for the tribe were .... and this large gathering.....
Are these Sabha and Samiti?
Some female sages, or rishikas, who authored hymns in the Rigveda include....Name at least three.
Who were Ghosha Kakshivati, Lopamudra, Apala Atreyi, Vishvavara Atreyi, Surya Savitri and Vak Ambhrini ?