Politics & Government
- The government divided the region into city states
- Governed by powerful Priests-kings
- The religion was the basis for their government, with all of their laws coming from their religious beliefs.
- Just like the Sumer civilization of Mesopotamia and the Egyptian civilization, the government of the Indus Valley was ruled by religion
- The Indus government was well organized. The government in the Indus Valley was a monarchy
- A monarchy is a: Form of government in which supreme authority is vested in a single and usually hereditary figure, such as a king
- The Indus Valley people called their kings, rajas.
- The rulers governed through trade and religion, instead of military strength.
- The king did not have the highest class or power as the kings did in other civilizations, the priests did.
- A citadel is a barrier of a civilization to protect it from invasions and natural disasters. In Mohenjo-Daro their was a fortress within the citadel. This deals with government because the kings and rulers of the Indus valley used these citadels to their advantage to gain authority. This is where the rulers held their authority from
- When the Aryans invaded this civilization, elders became the head of the society.
- Kings and rulers in this civilization were upper class and the people of the Indus Valley liked and followed them.