INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By 2, 500 BCE the Indus-Sarasvati or Harappan civilization became the largest civilization of the Ancient world, extending over more than 386, 000 square miles (1 million square kilometers) across the plains of the Indus River from the Arabian Sea to the Ganges.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus Valley civilization, or “Harappan civilization” originated sometime around 4, 500-5, 000 B.C.E. and reached its zenith between 2300 to 2000 BC. The two major known cities of the Indus Valley civilization were Harappa and Mohenjodaro.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation or the Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

Detailed explanation-4: -2500-1750 B.C was the period when Indus Valley Civilization flourished. This is the correct answer. Option D. 1500-500 B.C was the period of the Iron Age.

Detailed explanation-5: -At its height Mohenjo-Daro was home to maybe 80, 000 people. Founded perhaps 6000 years ago, Mohenjo-Daro flourished between 2500 and 2000 B.C. along the irrigated banks of the Indus River when the climate wasn’t as harsh as it is today. Only Egypt can lay claim to a civilization that was as old and as large.