The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in human history. It arose on the Indian subcontinent nearly 5,000 years ago — roughly the same time as the emergence of ancient ...

The mysterious Harappan civilization is considered the third oldest in the ancient East after that of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The Indus Valley Civilization was the largest of the ancient civilizations with a population of over 5 million people, over 1500 sites spanning an area of over 1 million square kilometers full of ...

It is one of the largest and most well-preserved Harappan sites in India and dates back to the Indus Valley Civilization, which flourished in the region from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

World Indus valley civilization disappeared 3,600 years ago — we finally know why, study says By Aspen Pflughoeft May 2, 2023 12:35 PM ...

About 300 years after the final dry period around 3,600 years ago, the Indus valley civilization disappeared entirely, the study said.

But more interesting is what they did not have: no king, army, or religion. The Indus Valley Civilization undermines the Enlightenment idea of historical progress as global and linear.

In southern Tamil Nadu, along the quiet curve of the Vaigai river, lies Keeladi, which until 2013, rarely featured in ...

The script has remained undeciphered for more than a century. Carved stone seal from the Indus Valley civilization (ca. 2,500 B.C.E.). Photo by DEA/G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images.

Around that time, he heard of another site some 400 miles to the south, which locals called Mohenjo-daro ("The Mound of the Dead") after the human and animal bones that lay strewn among the artifacts.