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Indus Valley Civilisation Alternative names Harappan civilisation ancient Indus Indus civilisation Geographical range Basins of the Indus river, Pakistan and the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river, eastern Pakistan and northwestern India Period Bronze Age South Asia Dates c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE Type site Harappa Major sites Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi Preceded by Mehrgarh ...
Several periodisations are employed for the periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation. [1] [2] While the Indus Valley Civilisation was divided into Early, Mature, and Late Harappan by archaeologists like Mortimer Wheeler, [3] newer periodisations include the Neolithic early farming settlements, and use a stage–phase model, [1] [4] [3] often combining terminology from various systems.
This is a timeline of Indian history, ... End of Mature Indus Valley Civilization culture, late Indus Valley Civilization period starts 18th century BCE. Year
Indus Valley civilization: Indus Valley civilization: Indus Valley civilization: Culture: Localisation Era/Late Harappan OCP/Cemetery H: 1900-1500 BCE: Earliest known rice cultivation [a] Culture: Localisation Era/Late Harappan OCP • Cemetery H • Early Vedic period • Gandhara grave culture: Megalithic (c. 1400-1100 BCE) 1500-1300 BCE ...
Toggle Late medieval period (c. 1200 – 1526) subsection ... Indus Valley Civilisation, at peak phase (2600–1900 BCE) ... Timeline of Indian history.
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was a major early civilisation, existing from 3300–1300 BCE. It covered much of modern-day Pakistan and northwest India , as well as possessing at least one trading colony in northeast Afghanistan . [ 1 ]
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However, the absence of a Bronze Age in South India, contrasted with the knowledge of bronze making techniques in the Indus Valley cultures, calls into question the validity of this hypothesis. The area of the late Harappan period consisted of the areas of the Daimabad, Maharashtra, and Badakshan regions of Afghanistan. The area covered by this ...