GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeological evidence shows that many of the settlements in the Indus or Harappan Civilisation was developed along the banks of a river called the Ghaggar-Hakra in northwest India and Pakistan. Scientists had assumed that it flowed while the Indus urban centres grew, playing an active role in their development.

Detailed explanation-2: -5000 years ago the first civilizations appeared along the banks of large rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq); the River Nile in Egypt; the Indus River in India; and the Yellow and Blue rivers in China. That is why they are called river civilizations.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first civilization was the Harappan civilization, which developed along the Indus River valley. Named after the ancient city of Harappa, archaeologists believe Harappans thrived between 2300 and 1700 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -Harappa, village in eastern Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of a now dry course of the Ravi River, west-southwest of the city of Sahiwal, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Lahore.