Indus Valley Civilization.

The Indus Valley Civilization is bronze age Civilization in Northwest of South Asia. It was spread along the Indus river. It occupied the region of now a day Northeast of Afganistan, much part of India, Western and Northwestern part of India. It's time period was about 3300 B.C to 1900 B.C . It is noticed for their urban planning. is bronze age Civilization in Northwest of South Asia. It was spread along the Indus river. It occupied the region of now a day Northeast of Afganistan, much part of India, Western and Northwestern part of India. It's time period was about 3300 B.C to 1900 B.C . It is noticed for their urban planning.





Facts about Indus Valley Civilization.

Harappan because of the Harappan. 1). It is calledbecause of the Harappan.

2). They use standardized weight and measurements.

3). The Harappan are also known for their seal carving.

4). They were awear of mattellergy with copper, bronze, lead and tin.

5). It's population was 1 million to 5 million, through whole the time.

Urban planning.

The Indus Valley Civilization is known for their Urban planning , they use baked bricks to built their buildinga, had under ground sewage system, had best water supply system, somewhere Wells in Houses.

The roofs of Harappan people's were made up of red sand and clay. They even has bathroom 5000 year ago.

They had built strong walls around their cities to prevent from military attacks, and natural disasters such as flood.

There was five major urban cities in Indus Valley Civilization namely,

1). Harappa.

2). Mohenj-o-daro.

3). Dholavira.

4). Ganeriwall (in cholistan)

5). Rankhigarhi.

Other names.





Some scholars called it " sarasvati Civilization", "sarasvati culture", "Indus-sarasvati Civilization" or "Sindhu sarasvati Civilization".

Because they consider the Ghagga rive and the sarasvati are same aged in history. The river is mentioned several times in Veda.

Phases of the Indus Valley Civilization.

It's total time is divided into three following phases.

1). Early Harappan phase, from 3300 B.C to 2600 B.C.

2). Mature Harappan phase, from 2600 B.C to 1900 B.C.

3). Later Harappan phase, from 1900 B.C to 1300 B.C.

Discovery.

The Indus Valley Civilization was discoved in 1856, in British colonised India. When they were building a railway track between Lahore and Karachi, now in Pakistan.

As they continued to work some labours discovered many fire baked bricks in dry terrain. There was hundred of thousands of such fire baked bricks. And they found some strange historical things. First it was thought that it was ruin of ancient Maurya empire, ruled ancient India from 322 B.C to 185 B.C .

Before it scholars thought that indan civilization started as Aryan immigrants from Persia and Asia, in the Ganges Valley.

End of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Everything which had been created has an end. Indus Valley Civilization also has an end story. The basic reason for it's end is natural disasters such as flood. Low fresh water resources, so the residents of Indus Valley Civilization migrated to other parts of the world.