RELIGIOUS Practices of Indus Valley Civilization
Chief Female Diety Chief female Diety A terracotta figurine, where a plant is shown growing out of the embryo of a woman and represents the mother goddess (goddess of earth)
- Chief male Diety Pashupati Mahadeva (proto- Siva) represents in seals, sitting in a yogic posture on a throne and having three faces and two horns, He is surrounded by an elephant, a tiger, a rhino and a buffalo, and two dears appear at his feet.
- Indus people believed in ghosts and evil forces and used amulets for protection against them. Fire altars are found at Lothal and Kalibangan
The principal sites are Harappa Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Lothal, Rojdi, and Ropar. Harappa period were all in brick or stone lined rectangular or oval pits
- Maharashtra– Dead Body in North-South Position
- South India– Dead body in East-West position
- West India– Complex, Extended Burial
- East India– Fractional Burial
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Indus Valley Civilization
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