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49. The Dawn of Everything

Empire

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The Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley civilization took form in the Furb millennium BC and what's now Pakistan and parts of India. There is simply no evidence for a ruling class or an aristocracy. The warrior caste would not have included anything like the kshatriya. As for slavery, you know, was it a feature of this society? I don't see anything that suggests it.

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