Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

I’m sure you know some of America’s history, but do you know about India’s history? In this post you will be learning about some of India’s history.

About 4000 years ago in 2000 B.C. the first Indian civilization built cities along the Indus River valley in present day Pakistan. There are three different names for the first Indian civilization. The first one is the Harappan Civilization because it was named after the city of Harappa. The second one is the Indus-Sarasvati civilization because a lot of the features of it were discovered at the banks of the Sarasvati River. The last name is the Sindhu-Sarasvati civilization because of the Sanskrit name of the Indus River, the Sindhu. This civilization was also along the Ghaggar-Hakra River as well as the Indus River. The people of this civilization could read just like us and they spoke in Dravidian language. A lot about this civilization is still unknown. Archaeologists only have deciphered a small portion of this language. They traded with Mesopotamia, Southern India, Afghanistan, and Persia for gold, silver, copper, and turquoise. They were the first people to grow cotton to produce cloth. Also they grew wheat, barley, peas, melons, and Sesame.

Doing this project added to my previous knowledge because I learned a lot about the first civilization of India. I learned that researching online is easy as long as you use the right key words. I learned how to get back into a post if you haven’t finished it. I realized that learning about other places around the world can be more interesting when you learn about them online. Finally I learned how to put in a picture because I wasn’t exactly sure how to.

So now you know about some of India’s history, about the first Indian civilization. I hope you enjoyed it.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization and http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/India/Harappa.html

The Indus Valley civilization

Photos from: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Indusvalleyexcavation.jpg/350px-Indusvalleyexcavation.jpg