Today, the Indus Valley Civilisation is known mainly through the ruins of its cities and the artefacts its people made. Ancient objects enable us to step back into the world of the people who made them. This book combines facts about the inhabitants of the Indus Valley with photographs of the artefacts they left behind to present a full picture of life at the time.

 

This book is part of a book series called Facts And Artefacts .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-11 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Tim Cooke is the author of National Geographic's Ancient Aztecs: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Mexico's Past and Concise History of World Religions: An Illustrated Time Line .

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The Indus Valley Civilisation
• 2: A Farming Society
• 3: Urbanisation
• 4: Towns and Cities
• 5: Indus Valley Society
• 6: Pottery
• 7: Seals and Writing
• 8: Trade
• 9: Religion
• 10: Daily Life
• 11: Clothes and Fashion
• 12: Story: Shiva and Parvati
• 13: Timeline of the Indus Valley Civilisation
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Further Resources
• 16: Index