Religious System during Harappan Period

The available evidence indicates that the religion of the Indus people comprised of −

• Worship of the Mother Goddess;
  • Worship of a male deity, probably of Lord Siva;
  • Worship of animals, nature, semi human, or fabulous;
  • Worship of trees in their natural state or of their indwelling spirits;
  • Worship of inanimate stones or other objects, of linga and yoni symbol;
  • Chrematheism as illustrated in the worship of the sacred "incense-burners";
  • Faith in amulets and charms indicative of demonophobia; and
  • Practice of yoga.
• These traits imply that the religion was primarily an indigenous development and "the lineal parent of Hinduism," which ....