INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION
___________________________________ INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION IN INDIA ________________________________ Ancient Civilizations in India The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization thriving along the Indus River and the Ghaggar-Hakra River in what is now Pakistan and north-western India. Among other names for this civilization is the Harappan Civilization, in reference to its first excavated city of Harappa. An alternative term for the culture is Saraswati-Sindhu Civilization, based on the fact thatmost of the Indus Valley sites have been found at the Halkra-Ghaggar River. R.B. Dayaram Sahni first discovered Harappa (on Ravi) in 1921. R.D. Banerjee discovered Mohenjodaro or ‘Mound of the Dead’ (on Indus) in 1922. Sir John Marshal played a crucial role in both these. Harappan Civilization forms part of the proto history of India and belongs to the Bronze Age. Mediterranean, Proto-Australoid, Mongoloids and Alpines formed the bulk of the population
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