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The Indus Valley Environment and Early India
Examine how seasonal flooding, alluvial soils, and the Indus River basin enabled agricultural surplus and urban development.
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Ancient South Asia: The Indus Valley and Vedic Society
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Analyze the urban planning, technological innovations, social structures, and economic networks of the Indus Valley civilization and early Vedic society.
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Learning standards covered
7.T1.2Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe important economic, political, and religious developments in Indian and Central Asian history and evaluate the ways in which they conform to or differ from developments in societies in other regions of the world.
7.T1.2.aMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe origins of Indian society in the Indus Valley, c. 3000–1300 BCE