GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Harappan Civilization also known as Indus Valley civilization flourished on the river banks of river Indus. The river originates in Tibetan Plateau and flows through ladakh region and into the punjab sindh plains and finally discharges the water east of karachi in the Arabian Sea.

Detailed explanation-2: -All great civilisations formed on the banks of rivers. The Egyptian Civilisation formed on the banks of the River Nile, and the Mesopotamian Civilisation formed on the banks of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The Indus Valley Civilisation formed on the banks of the Indus river.

Detailed explanation-3: -Masson’s major archaeological discovery in the Punjab was Harappa, a metropolis of the Indus civilisation in the valley of Indus’s tributary, the Ravi river.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.