CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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South Africa
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Pakistan and India
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Iraq and India
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Indus Valley was home to one of the world’s first large civilisations. It began nearly 5, 000 years ago in an area of modern-day Pakistan and Northern India. There were more than 1, 400 towns and cities in the Indus Valley. The biggest were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
Detailed explanation-3: -Harappa, the Indus Valley sites is presently in Pakistan. Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 km west of Sahiwal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Like the other early civilizations, the Harappans and civilization in Ancient India developed along a river valley. The Indus River Valley is located in a small area of land in what is now Pakistan and India. The river provided fertile soil for growing crops of rice, wheat, various fruits and vegetables, and cotton.
Detailed explanation-5: -Harappa, village in eastern Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of a now dry course of the Ravi River, west-southwest of the city of Sahiwal, about 100 miles (160 km) southwest of Lahore.