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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smoke from a funeral pyre over 3,700 years ago left behind a trail of charcoal. That faint trace, sealed inside a terracotta sarcophagus buried in Kilnamandi village of Tiruvannamalai district, has ...

A researcher analysing designs of historical buildings and monuments of India has made a profound discovery. He has shown that the unit of length used by the builders through the ages surprisingly ...

The Third Harappa International Conference, themed “Human Settlements in Transition: From Historic Roots to Future Visions in South Asia,” is currently underway at COMSATS University Islamabad.

AHMEDABAD: Once a thriving port of the Indus Valley Civilisation, Lothal, located about 80 km from Ahmedabad, is set to reclaim its historical maritime stature with the construction of the National ...