The discovery was made by three Indian ASI officials: Rakhal Das Bannerjee, Daya Ram Sahni, the first Indian head of the ASI, and Madhav Saroop Vats. More than 5000 years ago the people who lived in ...
In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...
A cradle of ancient human advancement, the Indus Valley Civilisation is a legacy shrouded in the sands of time. Among the treasures unearthed from this site of archaeological significance is the Indus ...
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was one of the earliest civilisations in the world. Its earliest urban culture flourished around 3500-1900 BCE in the ...
The sculpture "Mother Goddess" is one of the most fascinating Indus Valley Civilisation figures. Fashioned by hand, this clay sculpture originates in Mohenjo-Daro, and dates back to around 2500 BCE.
Mohenjo Daro likely was, at its time, the greatest city in the world. Roughly 4,500 years ago, as many as 35,000 people lived and worked in the massive city, which occupies 250 acres along Pakistan’s ...
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Explanation: The Great Bath, a large water tank with a sophisticated drainage system, was discovered in Mohenjo-daro and likely used for ritual bathing.