Question

Write the characteristics features of Harappan civilization .

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Around 2500 BC, which is also called the era of mature IVC, the Indus Valley Civilization developed. It builds the basis of India since it is one of the world’s largest civilizations.

• Around 3300 BC, the Indus Valley Civilization was established.
• It flourished from 2600 BC to 1900 BC (Mature Indus Valley Civilization).
• Around 1900 BC, it began to decline and vanished around 1400 BC.
• It is also named the Harappan Civilization after Harappa, the first town to be excavated (Punjab, Pakistan).
• In Mehrgarh, Pakistan, the pre-Harappan civilization was discovered, showing the first evidence of cotton cultivation.
• Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Western Uttar Pradesh were covered geographically by this civilization. It stretched from Sutkagengor (in Baluchistan) in the West to Alamgirpur (Western UP) in the East; and from Daimabad (Ahmednagar, Maharashtra) in the South to Mandu (Jammu) in the North.
• Several sites in the Indus Valley were also located as far away as Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.