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Home / Podcasts / Themes / The Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation

Ancient World History

By Dr Mark Manuel, published 11th August 2015
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An Early Golden Age

In this set of podcasts Dr Mark Manuel of the University of Durham looks at the Indus Valley Civilisation.

1. What do we know about the origins of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
2. How big was the Indus Valley Civilisation?
3. What are the source materials do you use for your research?
4. What do we know about the culture of the Indus Valley Civilisation?
5. Communication between the Indus Valley and other ancient civilisations.
6. Did they have a written language?
7. Technological developments of the Indus Valley Civilisation
8. Social developments: an egalitarian society?
9. Agricultural development.
10. Town planning. Mahenjo Daro.
11. Religion
12. What influence did the Indus Valley Civilisation have on later civilisations?
13. How have recent historical interpretations challenged earlier ones?
14. What archaeological work is going on at the moment?
15. What was life like before the Indus Valley Civilisation?


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