One of the world’s ancient societies, the Harappan or Indus civilization, was wiped out by natural climate change and a slow decline of the monsoon cycle.

The ancient city of Dholavira, the southern centre of the Harappan Civilization, is sited on the arid island of Khadir in the State of Gujarat. Occupied between ca. 3000-1500 BCE, the archaeological ...

The Harappan Civilisation, also known as the Indus Valley Civilisation, is one of the most important topics for the UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) syllabus. Candidates who are preparing for ...

Harappa, now in Punjab, Pakistan, was partially excavated by British general Alexander Cunningham about 50 years earlier, in 1872-73. He found a seal “smooth black stone without polish.

Lothal, located about 30 kilometers inland from the coast of the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, India, was a prosperous port during the Harappan period of the Bronze Age (2600 BCE to 1900 BCE). This ...

Analysis: climate change in the shape of two major droughts brought an end to the the world's largest civilisation 4,250 years ago, the Harappan civilisation in the Indus Valley battled against a ...

With ten letters, the world’s first signboard would glow in the dark and gleam due to white gypsum, he added in his session titled ‘Art in the Harappan Civilisation.’ ...

Harappa, an archaeological site and an ancillary city of the Indus Valley civilisation, has always been a cave of wonders for historians and archaeologists alike. Among the large number of ...

Taxila, Lahore Fort, Shalamar Gardens (Lahore) and Rohtas Fort in Punjab are on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List but Harappa, the most significant site in the history of the subcontinent ...

THE Harappan Civilisation, ... THE World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report lays bare the continent’s ...