The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as the Harappan Civilization, after Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated in the 1920s, in what was then the Punjab province of British India, and now is Pakistan. The Indus cities are noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, and clusters of large non-residential buildings Inhabitants of the ancient Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin). Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilizations of the Old World, and of the three the most widespread It flourished in the basins of the Indus River, one of the major rivers of Asia, and the Ghaggar-Hakra River, which once coursed through northwest India and eastern Pakistan.Īt its peak, the Indus Civilization may have had a population of over five million. The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300-1300 BCE mature period 2600-1900 BCE) extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. Gateway At Harappa: Indus Valley Civilization Indus Valley Civilization, Mohenjo Daro, Harappan Culture - Crystalinks
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