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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                 STD VI- HISTORY
                                 CH 4 – The Beginnings of Indian Civilization
                                                        NOTES

               Sub topic 2- From Village to City, The Saraswati River

               Important Terms:
                   ❖ Tributary: A river that flows into a larger river (or lake). For instance, the
                       Yamuna is a tributary of the Ganga.

                   ❖ Harappans: Archaeologists gave this civilisation several names — ‘Indus’,
                       ‘Harappan’, ‘Indus-Sarasvatī’ or ‘Sindhu-Sarasvatī’ civilisation. Its

                       inhabitants are called ‘Harappans’. It is one of the oldest civilisations in
                       the world.


               The First urbanisation in India took place around 2600 BCE. This development
        is also called the ‘First Urbanisation of India’. The vast plains of Punjab and Sind are

        watered by Indus River , which made the land fertile, which in turn facilitated the
        growth of villages (3500 BCE) to cities (2600 BCE).

                   ❖ Main cities: Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, Rakhigarhi,

                       Ganweriwala, Kalibangan.
                   ❖ The Sarasvatī River is first mentioned in the Ṛig Veda.

                   ❖ Sarasvatī is worshipped both as a goddess and as a river flowing ‘from
                       the mountain to the sea’.
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