WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which continent is this Indus civilization located on?
A
Eurasia
B
Asia
C
Africa
D
Oceania
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus Valley is located in the region known as South Asia, or the Indian subcontinent. The Indian subcontinent is a huge peninsula extending into the Indian Ocean. Towering, snow-covered mountain ranges mark the northern border of the subcontinent, including the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas.

Detailed explanation-2: -The civilization was first identified in 1921 at Harappa in the Punjab region and then in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro (Mohenjodaro), near the Indus River in the Sindh (Sind) region. Both sites are in present-day Pakistan, in Punjab and Sindh provinces, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus 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: -The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.

Detailed explanation-5: -South Asia is the center of one of the great ancient civilizations of the world-the Indus Valley civilization in present-day Pakistan and northwestern India. Copper metallurgy, stone bead making, and seal carving develop in conjunction with the elaboration of ceramics, some decorated with an early form of writing.

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