The Indus Valley Civilization arose about 5,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "The Indus Valley Civilization, also ...

In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

A new scientific study suggests that the sudden collapse of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, known for its advanced urban planning, brick buildings, early plumbing systems and vibrant ...

The Indus Valley Civilization has long stood as one of humanity’s great enigmas, a Bronze Age society that mastered urban planning, long-distance trade and sophisticated water management, then faded ...

At its height, the Indus Valley civilization was one of the most advanced societies on Earth. In cities such as Harappa, people lived in multistorey brick houses laid out along gridded streets. They ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Almost 5,000 years ago, a civilization developed in what is today northwest India and Pakistan, ...

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's decline was driven by prolonged droughts, not sudden catastrophe. New climate studies reveal centuries of drying rivers and water stress forced gradual abandonment ...

Indus River: The Indus River used to flow in Gujarat from around 4000 2500 BC. According to reports, the Indus entered Gujarat near Vighokot in the Rann of Kutch and through the old Narka route. It ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate reconstructions show that the Indus Valley Civilization endured repeated long ...