The slow eastward migration of monsoons across the Asian continent initially supported the formation of the Harappan civilization in the Indus valley by allowing production of large agricultural ...

Devdutt Pattanaik's book 'Ahimsa' explores the nonviolent culture of the Harappan civilization, emphasizing trade over violence and its geographical diversity. Masalas were first found in Harappan ...

PUNE: Bronze Age traders crossing Gujarat stopped at well-organised roadside facilities that offered shelter, food, security and stables for their pack animals.A new multidisciplinary study by ...

While the glistening white salt marshes of Kutch have attracted travellers from far and beyond, the region is home to many other sites that tell stories of yore. One such is Dholavira, once the ...

Even for a civilisation as advanced as the Harappan, a second drought was perhaps one too many. A two-pronged climate catastrophe may be what drove the ancient society to disperse and eventually ...

LAHORE: The 13th Annual International THAAP Conference 2024 started on Friday with paper reading sessions for a gathering of scholars, historians, archaeologists and educationists from across Pakistan ...

Scientists believe they’ve cracked one of the oldest mysteries of a disappearing civilization. The culprit? Climate change. Nearly 5,000 years ago the Harappan or Indus people created a society on the ...

AHMEDABAD, INDIA—Analysis of fatty residues in pottery recovered from a burial in Surkotada, a Harappan site in northwestern India, indicates that people boiled and fried their food, according to a ...

Devina Mehra, Chairperson and Managing Director of PMS firm First Global, on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the state of preservation of the ancient site in Rakhigarhi. "This is what we do with ...

India, with its millennia-old history and diverse landscapes, is home to 40 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. While monuments like ...