DRAINAGE OF INDIA
THE INDUS
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Ur and Sumer
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Babylon and Thebes
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Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
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Harappa and Memphis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harappa, and Mohenjo-daro, were known as the “twin capitals” of the Indus Valley civilization.
Detailed explanation-2: -Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are known as “the twin capitals” of the Indus Valley civilization. Q. and were the capital towns of the Indus Valley civilization.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus Valley civilization (circa 3300–1700 B.C.E.), also known as the Harappan civilization, was one of the earliest urban civilizations, roughly contemporaneous with those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China. It was located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India, on the flood plain of the Indus River.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: There were two capitals of the Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan civilization. They were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, with Harappa upstream of the lower Indus city Mohenjo-Daro.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Harappan civilization was located in the Indus River valley. Its two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were located in present-day Pakistan’s Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively. Its extent reached as far south as the Gulf of Khambhat and as far east as the Yamuna (Jumna) River.