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Harappa (Punjabi pronunciation: [ɦəɽəˈpaː]) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) west of Sahiwal.The Bronze Age Harappan civilisation, now more often called the Indus Valley Civilisation, is named after the site, which takes its name from a modern village near the former course of the Ravi River, which now runs eight kilometres (five miles) to the ...
Equidistant from both Harappa and Mohenjodaro, it is near a dry bed of the former Ghaggar River. It is a site of almost the same size as Mahenjo-daro. It may have been the third major center in the IVC as it is near to the copper-rich mines in Rajasthan. Gola Dhoro: kutch district: Gujarat: India: Production of shell bangles, semi-precious ...
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.
Paris (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of France.With an estimated population of 2,102,650 residents in January 2023 [2] in an area of more than 105 km 2 (41 sq mi), [5] Paris is the fourth-most populous city in the European Union, the ninth-most populous city in Europe and the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. [6]
Charles Masson was born on 16 February 1800 at 58 Aldermanbury within the City of London.He was the elder son of George Lewis and Mary Hopcraft. His father was a tradesman and a member of the Needlemakers Company.
Coin of the Parisii: obverse with horse, 1st century BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris). Coins of the Parisii ( Metropolitan Museum of Art ). The Parisii ( Gaulish : * Parisioi ; Greek : Παρίσιοι , romanized : Parísioi ) were a Gallic tribe that dwelt on the banks of the river Seine during the Iron Age and the Roman era .
A large well and bathing platforms at Harappa, remains of the city's final phase of occupation from 2200 to 1900 BC The bathroom-toilet structure of the ruler's house, on Lothal's acropolis c. 2350 BC Bathing platform and communal drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC Well, and drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC