UPSC

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION   CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SITES PHASES TOWN PLANNING STRUCTURE AGRICULTURE ECONOMY CRAFTS INSTITUTIONS RELIGIONS DECLINE OF IVC.         INTRODUCTION   ●      INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION IS ALSO KNOWN AS HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION. ●      IT STARTED AROUND 2500 B.C IN WEST ASIA   IN PRESENT DAY PAKISTAN AND WESTERN INDIA ●      IT IS SIMILAR TO GREAT ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS LIKE EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA,CHINA. ●      IN 1920 IN BRITISH RULE (ARCHAEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF INDIA) HAS UNEARTHED TWO MAJOR CITIES OF IVC I.E MOHENJDARO AND HARAPPA. ●      IN 1924 SIR JOHN MARSHAL HAS ANNOUNCED   DISCOVERY OF NEW CIVILIZATION TO THE WORLD.                               SITES          WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT SITES OF IVC?     SITE LOCATION IMPORTANT FINDINGS HARAPPA(1921) SITUATED ON BANK OF THE RIVER RAVI IN MONTGOMERY IN PUNJAB PAKISTAN