GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Indus Valley
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Egyptian Desert
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Fertile Cresent
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China’s Mountains
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus Valley civilization is called the Harappa n civilization because Harappa was the first site where the unique archaeological evidences of the civilization were discovered.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Marshall was the first scholar who used the term ‘Indus Civilization’ for the Harappa Civilization. The time period of this civilization was 2500 BC-1750 BC.
Detailed explanation-4: -There is no difference between the two. Since Harappa was the first site to be discovered in 1921 by Daya Ram Sahni, hence the Indus Valley Civilisation is also called as the Harappan Civilisation. It’s the same thing. Harappa was one of the cities in the Indus Valley Civilization just like Mohan-jo-daro, Lothal etc.