Geography and Ancient India – YourLibrary@MLC

Year 7 History
Geography and Ancient India

Last updated 3 March 2020

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This page has been created to support Year 7 HASS students with their inquiry task on the effect geography has on the success of a civilisation.

Watch this video for an introduction to how the geography of ancient India effected its civilisation.

Instructomania. (2018, October 10). Geography of India for ancient world [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shoTUp7-FZI

Use these terms to search the catalogue, eResources or the Internet.

Geography ancient India
Geography Indus Valley

Print Resources

Below is a small selection of print resources that include information about the influence of geography on ancient India’s society. 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 CLE
Clements, G. (2009). Indus valley city. Mankato, Minnesota: Sea-to-Sea.

934 COH
Cohn, J. (2013). The ancient Indians. New York: Gareth Stevens Publishing.

934 MAR
Martin, C. (2017). The Indus Valley. London, England: Wayland.

More non fiction books

934 LAS
Lassieur, A. (2013). Ancient India. New York: Children’s Press.

934 ODI
Odijk, P. (1989). The Indians. South Melbourne, Vic: Macmillan Education Australia.

eBooks

eBook
Hagler, G. (2016). The government and geography of ancient India. Retrieved from epointplus database.

eBook
Blankenship, L. (2017). Daily life in Ancient India. Retrieved from epointplus database.

eBook
Conti, L., Easton, M., Saldais, M., Dumovic, V., & Kostecki, R. (2016). Landscape and climate. In Oxford big ideas: humanities and social sciences 7. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

eResources

Use your keywords to search the following eResources.

search using the keywords “Indus Valley”

Websites

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to evaluate the websites using the CRAAP method.

Early India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.boone.kyschools.us/docs/building/9/unit%202%20chapter%2006.pdf

The geography of ancient India. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ppps.org/cms/lib04/MI01000504/Centricity/Domain/144/The%20Geography%20of%20Ancient%20India.pdf

Understanding human-environment interaction – Ancient India. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://swift.tahoma.wednet.edu/mvms/mr-bournes/documents/download/Ch.9+Geography+of+Early+Civilizations.pdf?id=441431

Early river valley civilisations. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.cusd200.org/cms/lib/IL01001538/Centricity/Domain/267/_files/World_Civ_Chapter_2.pdf

You will need to scroll to find the section on the Indus Valley.

Videos

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References

Mohenjodaro [Image]. (2014). Retrieved from https://wikitravel.org/en/File:Mohenjodaro_Banner.jpg