Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300â1300 BCE; mature period 2600â1900 BCE) in the northwestern region[1] of the Indian subcontinent,[2][3] Flourishing around the Indus River basin, the civilization[n 1] extended east into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley[7] and the upper reaches Ganges-Yamuna Doab;[8][9] it extended west to the Makran coast of Balochistan, north to northeastern Afghanistan and south to Daimabad in Maharashtra. The civilization was spread over some 1,260,000 kmÂ², making it the largest known ancient civilization.

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One of the first ancient civilizations, the Harappan, was devastated by climate change

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Located in the western region of South Asia, and spread over what are now Pakistan, northwest India, and eastern Afghanistan, was the once flourishing Indus Valley Civilization or the Harappan civilization as it’s also referred to, by the the city of Harappa, which was the first excavated city. The Harappan was one of the first attested [...]

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