Religion Geography Project India By Liz Homick Nick

Religion Geography Project: India By Liz Homick, Nick Kokotakis, Tommy Lamb, Dani Le. Blanc, Aaron Leonard G 3 Group 2 DANTE

Geo Polit ical Map Of India

Map of India • • Indian Subcontinent coastline Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean 4 regions: Northern Mountain Zone [Himalayas]; Indo. Gangetic Plain; desert region; southern region Rivers • Ganges

Introduction to Indus Valley Civilization https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=6 QJ 09 TGy 9 kc

Indus Valley Civilization Harappan Civilization • • • Oldest and most mysterious civilization Along Indus River Valley River as way of life Urban society Structure and architecture for river valley Decline of Harappan Civilization

The Grand Bath Harappan Civilization Part of urban architecture Bricked well/pool as public bath Largest public building/facility in cities Rituals/baptism

Indus Script symbols on square soapstone seals #1 distinctive trait of Harappa Mark ownership on goods/property as identity badges Undeciphered still Bull = #1 recognizable symbol • Power, pride, virility

Aryans • Upper Ganges River Valley civilizations • Originally Indo-Iranians • Migration • Nomadic, pastoral lifestyle • Farming civilization • Cattle, horses, and warfare • Ritual sacrifice and hymns to Agri and Surya

The Ganges • Sacred waters of Ganges • • • Spiritual and physical healing All aspects of life Center of economic, social, and cultural lives • Ma Ganga • • • Delivered river to Earth Power to create, preserve, destroy, recreate Bathing/drinking = Purification and spiritual salvation

Rig - Veda Aryans’ collection of hymns Oldest source of their history, origins, and culture Sacred text for Aryans and later modern Hindu religion To Vedic gods Sanskrit language Evidence of religion

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