Daily Life
Foods
The Indus Valley people grew wheat,barley,rice,tamarind,eggplant,and cucumbers. Now people eat meat,bread,chicken,pork,rice,beans,corn,cucumber,carrots,tomatoes.Here are some recipes that you could Beetroot Gravy,Buttermilk Kadi,Fancy Rice,Vegetable Sandwich,Dal (Lentils),Garam Masala (Spice Mixture). They also drank Chai (Indian Tea),Aam Panna,Almond Honey Milk,Angoor Sharbat,Banana Lassi,Banana Shake,Basil Tea,Cardamon Shake,Chocolate Shake,Cola Shake,Cold Coffee,Ginger Fruit Punch,Gulab Sharbat,Jeera Lassi,Mango Lassi,Meethe Lassi,Orange Smoothie,Pistachio Shake,Spiced Tea,and Strawberry Shake.
Clothing
Ancient Indian didn't no about stitching,but they knew about sewing. They also liked Bold colors,rich in tradition,and vibrant colors. Most of the clothes were ready to go as they left the room. Now we where coats,sweaters,shirts,pants,and skirts.
Family Life
In India the family is the most important thing that has survived through ages. The Indian family has been a dominant institution in the life of the individual and in the life of the community. They are also considered strong,stable,close,resilient,and enduring. These members eat the food cooked at one hearth,share a common income,common property,are related to one another through kinship ties,and worship the same idols. The joint family has always been the preferred family type in the Indian culture,and most Indians at some point in their lives have participated in joint family living.
Roles of the women and men
Women- Women are known as homemakers. They are depentant to the men. Women in India back then actually owned the home but the men didn't. The women had to cook and make clothes too.
Men- Men are known as dominant, authoritative figures. In India a while ago the men hunted,fished and trapped food. The men also took care of the women's horses.
People did a study and found out that some of the roles men and women in India were the same and others were not.
