The Harappan civilization dominated the Indus River valley beginning about five thousand years ago, many of its massive cities sprawling at the edges of rivers that still flow through Pakistan and ...

Welcome to the first episode of a collaboration with a bunch of History YouTubers: Discovery of India! The Indus Valley Civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization) popped up around the ...

The discovery of 5,300-year-old settlement in Gujarat's Lakhapar village indicates cultural interactions, not only with ...

Harappan cities and towns had some common features. Some had a separate area where large buildings were built on raised brick platforms, with the whole area surrounded by a massive brick wall.

Major cities are flooded, low-lying settlements are submerged, and landslides result in casualties. Expanding city limits by occupying natural habitats and river floodplains exacerbates the situation.

The Harappan had two storey houses, grid cities, indoor plumbing and even bath toys millennia before Europe. But the civilisation fell into decay by 3,900 years ago with evidence of a major, ...

Were Harappan cities much advanced than the modern cities of India? Yes, says Michel Danino, guest professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

The Harappan civilisation thrived in the Indus Valley 4,500 years ago, roughly around the time the pyramids were being built in Egypt. It is famous for its grid-like cities.

He said both Harappan cities and Keeladi had burial sites outside of the habitation area. “In Harappan cities, the habitation mound and burial sites were clearly separated.

Masalas were first found in Harappan cities, and were made by grinding ingredients under stone. But the Harappan region has no stones. “One scholar figured out that the stones would come from ...