Discuss the religious beliefs and practices of the harappans
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Harappan people were deeply religious, as their seals and bronze and clay images make it amply clear. There is no trace of any of their temples or places of common worshjp. But figures of Mother-Goddess are found in plenty on seals and potteries. This proves that they believed in a female-energy at the root of creation.
The cult of the Mother-Goddess was extravagantly popular. They also worshipped Lord Shiva. Images of Lord Shiva in ‘Mahayogin’ and ‘Pasupati’ postures, with his three eyes (thri-netra) and his ‘trident’ (trishul), and in the shape of ‘Shivalinga,’ are plentiful in the Harappan remains. Animism was another popular mode of worship for Harappans. They worshipped animals like the bull, the tiger, the elephant and the unicorn; trees were worshipped either in their original shape or in shapes carved out of logs. The dove was sacred to them as was the ‘swastika’ symbol of worship of the Sun.
Thus, these earliest Indians were the harbinger of Saivism, Saktism, nature and sun worship. Like the Egyptians, they buried the dead alongwith ornaments and earthernware. The excavations at Kalibangan however shows them burying the bones and ashes after burning the corpses. Perhaps, a husband and a wife were buried together. This indicates their faith in the immortality of the soul and conjugal bondage. In more ways than one, the modern Hindu culture can be said to have borrowed much from the religious faith and beliefs of the Harappan people.
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buddhism declined.
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