The figurines of the 7 Rivers civilization show an extraordinary variety of hairstyles and jewellery. A community identity marker in a plural civilization.
Tag: Indus civilization
BURIALS WITHOUT LUXURY: EQUALITY IN DEATH AS A REFLECTION OF EQUALITY IN LIFE
No pyramids, no treasure-laden royal tombs: the burials of the 7 Rivers civilization are simple. What this reveals about a society that chose equality. (
THE BADDHA KOṆĀSANA POSTURE ON THE SEALS: YOGA AS ORIGINAL PRACTICE
The seals of Mohenjo-Daro show practitioners in Baddha Koṇāsana — a difficult posture reserved for experienced yogis. Yoga existed 5,000 years ago.
STANDARDIZED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: GLOBALIZATION WITHOUT EMPIRE
From Dholavira to Shortugai, the same weights and measures across 1 million km² without empire or army. The 7 Rivers civilization invented global commercial cooperation
MOHENJO-DARO AND HARAPPA: WHAT ARCHAEOLOGY HAS FOUND
No palace, no state temple — but sewers, ritual baths and children’s toys: what a century of excavations reveals about the 7 Rivers civilization