INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION FOR 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 ...