Ancient Religions – Indus Valley

Indus Valley

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“The Indus Valley religion was widespread, and many of the basic tenets have found their way into modern day religions. During the Harappan period, Hinduism found its roots in the Indus River Valley region. Stonework found by architects has shown images of one of the Hindu gods known as the Shiva Lingam. There was also an animistic aspect of the Indus Valley religion, and this was determined after finding evidence of gods being depicted with bull-like horns and other animistic features. However, there is no evidence that a religious temple was built and existed in the Indus River Valley.”

Greene, E. (2014). Modern impact of Indus Valley religion and ideology. http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp363-ss14/2014/03/20/modern-impact-of-indus-valley-religion-and-ideology/

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Indus Valley religion
Harappan religion
Aryan religion
Vedic religion
Vedas / Vedism

Print Resources

Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about religion in the Indus Valley. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keywords.

934 ARO
Aronovsky, I., & Gopinath, S. (2004). The Indus Valley. Heinemann Library.

934 RIC
Richardson, H. (2005). Life in the ancient Indus River Valley. Crabtree Publishing Company.

934 SHU
Shuter, J. (2007). The Indus Valley. Heinemann Library.

934 NAR
Nardo, D. (2013). Ancient India. Lucent Books.

eBooks

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Henneberg, S. (2016). The religion and beliefs of ancient India. Rosen Publishing.

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Nardo, D. (2013). Ancient India. Lucent Press.

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Websites

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Harappan culture. (n.d.). https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/harappan-culture/

Jaramillo, A. (2016). Religion of the Aryans: the four Vedas. https://www.stmuhistorymedia.org/religion-of-the-aryans-the-four-vedas/

Smitha, F. E. (2015). Aryans, beginning Hinduism and the Vedas. http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/religion-india.htm

Sanujit. (2011). Religious developments in ancient India. http://www.ancient.eu/article/230/

Troolin, A. (n.d.). The Aryans in the Indus Valley: texts, castes and beliefs. study.com
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Videos

History. (2014, August 12). Indus civilisation religion beliefs practices and scripts [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxHnants-3E

Start watching the video at 17.04 for the section on religion

References

Indus Valley art [Image]. (n.d.). Art of the Indus Valley. http://www.edgarlowen.com/indus-valley-art.shtml