Harappan Civilisation to Vedic Civilization: Continuity & Survival

The end of cities did not mean the end of the Harappan tradition. The Harappan communities merged into the surrounding agricultural groups. However, the centralised decision-making in the polity and economy had ended. The Harappan communities which continued after the urban phase would have retained their older traditions. It is likely that the Harappan peasants would retain their forms of worship. The priests of the Harappan urban centres were part of a highly organised literate tradition. Even if literacy ended, they are likely to have preserved their religious practices. The dominant community of the subsequent early historic period called itself “The Aryans”. These people do not seem to have possessed a literary tradition. Possibly, the priestly groups of the Harappan merged into the ruling groups of the Aryans. As such the Harappan religious tradition world be transmitted to the historical India. The folk communities also retained the traditions of craftsmanship as is evident form the pottery and tool making traditions. Once again when literate urban culture emerged in early India it absorbed elements of the folk cultures. This would provide more effective channel of transmission of the Harappan tradition. Many elements of the Harappan civilization survived in the subsequent historical tradition, as the culture of Indus valley civilization has been preserved without a breakdown to the present day and it includes all walks of life not just the religious and spiritual fields

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