History of India / Early India - The Indus Valley Civilisation
EARLY INDIA TOPIC : The Indus Valley Civilization The earliest urban civilisation in India and in fact , one of the earliest civilisations in the world , was the Indus valley civilisation , or the harappan culture. About 5000 years ago , a group of nomads travelled from Sumeria ( present-day Iran ) and entered North Western India, near present-day Karachi. By the banks of the River Indus, they found a land so richly fertile that they settled there without hesitation. This area , with abundant water , fodder and fuel , later came to be known as Punjab. Over the next thousand years , the immigrants spread over an area of half a million square miles. Excavations prove that the level of urban planning and architecture prevalent here was incomparable. The anchor for this civilistaion lay in the beautiful twin cities of Mohenjo-daro and harappa. ...
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