GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Harappan civilisation was India’s first civilisation. The Indus civilisation is also known as the Harappan Civilisation, after its type site, Harappa, which was the first of its sites to be excavated in what was then British India’s Punjab province and is now Pakistan, early in the twentieth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -Civilizations first appeared in Mesopotamia (what is now Iraq) and later in Egypt. Civilizations thrived in the Indus Valley by about 2500 B.C.E., in China by about 1500 B.C.E. and in Central America (what is now Mexico) by about 1200 B.C.E. Civilizations ultimately developed on every continent except Antarctica.

Detailed explanation-3: -The culture developed here is known as the Indus valley civilisation as the cities flourished near the Indus River. However, modern historians also call it the Harappan Civilisation because Harappa was the first city to be discovered.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE. It was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Harappan Civilization, which developed around 3, 000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture.