Question

1. What were the chief features of Harappan civilization, and in what ways was it similar to the civilizations that arose in Egypt and Mesopotamia?

2. What effects did the class system and the family have on Indian civilization?
1. What are the core messages of the Hymn of Purusa/Purusha in the Rig Veda?
2. What were the main teachings of Siddhartha Gautama/Buddha, and how they challenged the caste system?

Answer 1

Some of the characteristics the civilizations of the Harappans and the Egyptians and Mesopotamians share is an agricultural-based economy, a system of writing, and towns in river valleys. However, religious beliefs and practices were quite different