WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -An Indus Valley site has been found on the Oxus River at Shortugai, in the Gomal River valley in northwestern Pakistan, at Manda, Jammu on the Beas River near Jammu, and at Alamgirpur on the Hindon River, only 28 km (17 mi) from Delhi. The southernmost site of the Indus Valley Civilisation is Daimabad in Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5, 000 years, spread over much of what is presently Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were the two great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, emerging around 2600 BCE along the Indus River Valley in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indus River originates in Tibet and follows a circuitous route southward through the Himalaya Mountains to the Arabian Sea, emptying into the ocean southeast of the coastal city of Karachi.

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.