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Indus Valley Civilisation

It was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

This civilisation is also known as the Harappan Civilisation because Harappa was the first site to be discovered.

The civilisation's cities were noted for:👇

1. Urban planning

2. Baked brick houses

3. Elaborate drainage systems

4. Water supply systems

5. Clusters of large non-residential buildings

6. New techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving)

7. Metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin)

Some important points about the Indus Valley Civilisation are described below...👇

👉1. Its geographical position extends from Manda (Jammu and Kashmir) in the North, Daimabad (Maharashtra) in the South, Alamgirpur (UP) in the East, and Sutkagendor (Baluchistan, Pakistan) in the West.

👉2. They worshipped the mother goddess, and "Pashupati Mahadeva" was their chief male deity.

👉3. Agriculture was known to them, and cotton was grown for the first time in India only.

👉4. The people of Harappan civilisation knew the use of many metals but iron was not known to them.

👉5. Town planning is the most important characteristic of this civilisation.

                Bricks used were uniform in size, and roads were designed in a grid, criss-cross pattern.

👉6. There is evidence of pictographic script, found mainly on seals. It was written from right to left, called boustrophedon.

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