Daily Life: Indus Valley Civilization

• People lived in houses about 1-2 stories high.
• The houses were made of mud brick.
• The houses were all almost identical.
• Ancient Indians had swimming pools.
• They also had public baths.
• Children played with toys just like us today.
• Some of the toys they played with included small carts bird whistles, and monkeys that could slide down a string.
• Women wore jewlry and lipstick.
• Men wore brightly colored clothes.
• People loved to dance.
• They grew barley, peas, melon, dates, and wheat.
• In ancient india people were amazing craftmen, because intricate carvings and pottery were found.
• They used carts, oxen, elephants, and camels.
• On sea they traveles in ships with one mast.
• Ancient India ran on Social Classes.