Who were the Ancient Indian People?
About 3,000 B.C. Rig Vedic people were developing a civilization in the Indus Valley area. They were primarily farming people who also did some hunting. As they settled, they began to build great cities that would arise in the next period: the Indus Valley civilizations. Learn more about these ancient Rig Vedic people from “India Today”. . The Indus Valley civilizations: Harappa and Mohenjo-Dara flourished about 2,500 – 1700 B.C. Evidence points to the use of domesticated animals, including camels, goats, water buffaloes and fowls. The Harappans cultivated wheat, barley, and peas and were probably the first to grow and make clothes from cotton.Trade seemed to be a major activity at the Indus Valley Their culture suffered as a result of a series of floods and droughts, and possibly from the changing of the river’s course. Their civilization declined. Yet we can see their abandoned cities that date back from than four thousand years! • Images of Ancient India (Evansville) • Ancient Indus
