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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  ...