CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
Question
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Mesopotamia
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Sumer
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Mohenjo-Daro
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Babylon
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Detailed explanation-1: -These cities include Harappa, Ganeriwala, and Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan and Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Rupar, and Lothal in modern-day India.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The two great cities named Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were first identified in 1921. These two excavated cities were first inhabited by people in 2600 BCE, and they flourished along the valley of the Indus River. These two cities consisted of more than 100 villages and towns.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India, on the flood plain of the Indus River. Although the Harappans had a written language, the Indus script remains undeciphered. Most of what is known about their culture and civilization comes from the ruins of their two largest cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.