![]() ![]() The people of this ancient Indus river valley developed new techniques in handicraft. The Indus Valley civilization is one of the initial urban civilizations in the world, along with its contemporaries, Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. These discoveries are very important, as they tell us about their lifestyle, script, trade and religious beliefs. Excavations of the Indus cities have given us a lot of evidences of a highly developed civilization existed in this area four to five thousand years ago and the artistic activities by Indus people. However, some of the prime ones went to Pakistan during the time of partition.Īrchaeologists have found Indian crafts in the remnants of Indus Valley Civilization. ![]() ![]() Over 1400 Indus Valley Civilization sites have been discovered, of which 925 sites are in India, which are spread across various states, such as Rajasthan (Kalibangan, Baror), Uttar Pradesh (Alamgirpur), Gujrat (Lothal, Dholavira, Bet Dwarka and Bhagatrav ), Haryana (Rakhigarhi, Balu and Farmana), and Punjab (Rupnagar ). It thrived about 2,500 BC in western South Asia, which now is Pakistan and Western India. India’s history starts with the emergence of the Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization. ![]() Photo: Dholavira – one of the two largest Harappan sites in India. ![]()
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