What are the differences between Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic civilization?

The
distinction, to the extent it exists, would
be between the earliest residents of the Indus River
valley, the Harappan
people; and the later Aryans who moved into India and spread far beyond the

Indus valley.

The Harappan people, also known as Dravidians, are the
earliest
known of the Indian civilizations. Because the remains of the cities
are underwater and because
their language has not yet been deciphered, most
that is known of them is speculation. It is
known that they were fairly
advanced with class distinction, and eventually encompassed a large
area
larger than Mesopotamia, in fact covering all of present day Pakistan and much of
Northern
India. Their religion is not completely understood, but appeared to
center on fertility with a
mother goddess and a horned god of fertility which
resembled a bull. The closeness of this god
to Baal, the Mesopotamian god of
rain and the storm, has led some scholars to speculate that
there was
trade/interaction between the two societies.

The Vedic
civilization
was comprised primarily of the Aryan people who moved into India
c. 1500 B.C.E. They were
Indo-Europeans, but called themselves Aryan meaning
"noble people." They were not
indigenous to India, but apparently originated
in the Eurasian steppes and overspread much of
Europe and parts of Asia
excluding China, Korea, and areas to the far East. Whereas the
Dravidian
people had been primarily agricultural, the Aryans were primarily shepherds,
although
they did practice some degree of agriculture. They did not conquer
the Dravidian people, but
apparently mingled and eventually absorbed
them.

The name "Vedic
Age" derives from the earliest
collection of Aryan sacred writings, known as the
Vedas.
written in a sacred language known as Sanskrit.
The term
"veda" means "wisdom" or "knowledge." The
Vedas has been an important source
of information on this time in Indian history. More detailed
information is
provided in the links below.