> Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro could have been possible capitals or ruling cities.
> Also had other well planned cities
> Most people were famers
> Grew wheat, barley, melons and dates
> Traded cotton cloth, grain, copper, pearls and ivory
> Polytheistic
> Viewed buffalo and bull as sacred

> Pottery was not made as nicely
> Writing halted
> Explanation for decline is unknown but could have been:
>>too many trees were cut down
>>a flood
>>an earthquake
>> or a combination of the three

Indus River Valley Civilization

Rise- 2600 B.C.E

Fall- 1900 B.C.E