SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first civilization was built along the Indus river, because it left behind rich silt when it flooded.. This allowed farmers to grow a surplus of food so that civilization could develop. To the east of the Indus, the Ganges River creates a large plain that is also good for farming.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indus civilization, also called Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.

Detailed explanation-3: -5000 years ago the first civilizations appeared along the banks of large rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq); the River Nile in Egypt; the Indus River in India; and the Yellow and Blue rivers in China. That is why they are called river civilizations.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mesopotamian civilisation was one of the earliest river valley civilisations. It is often referred to as the cradle of civilisation because there is corroborating evidence that ancient Mesopotamia was the first place where complex urban settlements grew.