Beliefs, values and practices of Harappan culture
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Explore the Harappan religion3 and belief systems. Read about how fertility and fertility rites4 were central to religion in the Indus Valley. Examine a figure of the Mother Goddess5 and read about the significance of these Mother Goddesses6. These figures are often shown with large hips and breasts7 symbolising fertility, or in the role of a nursing mother8. Examine the Great Bath9 in Mohenjodaro that would have been used for special religious ceremonies to carry out ritual purification. Look in detail at the Pashupati seal10, thought by some to be a Proto-Shiva figure. |
Links
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_figure,_possibly_a_fertility_goddess,_Indus_Valley_Tradition,_Harappan_Phase,_c._2500-1900_BC_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC09701.JPG
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
- http://www.harappa.com/indus/indus7.html
- http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/fertility+rites
- http://www.harappa.com/figurines/15.html
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/the-eternal-female-worship-of-the-mother-goddess-1607599.html
- http://www.harappa.com/figurines/14.html
- http://www.harappa.com/figurines/20.html
- http://www.harappa.com/indus/8.html
- http://www.harappa.com/indus/33.html