The civilisation’s previously accepted timeline was around 2600 BC, but using radiocarbon dating on pottery fragments and animal remains they have found at the site, Archaeological Survey of India and ...

Mohenjo-daro, one of the most prominent and sophisticated urban centers of the ancient world, has been revealed to be significantly older than previously believed. Recent archaeological excavations ...

Four thousand years ago, the sprawling Indus valley civilization dominated the area of modern-day India and Pakistan. Although considered one of the world’s earliest civilizations and the subject of ...

Brick-built streets, public baths, intricately designed houses, and crop cultivation according to seasons are the hallmarks of the 9,000-year-old Indus Valley Civilisation, which flourished once from ...

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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 ...

The Indus Valley Civilisation probably didn’t disappear all at once. New research points to a long stretch of repeated droughts that may have slowly weakened one of the world’s earliest urban ...

Among the countless intriguing artefacts excavated from the Indus Valley Civilisation, the finding of cubical dice stands out as one of the most captivating. These ordinary, unassertive objects offer ...

At its peak, the ancient Indus River Valley civilization featured gridded streets, multistory brick homes, flush toilets and bustling shops. Its people traded gold, precious stones and items such as ...

Cave stalagmite in Himalayas offers most detailed explanation for what led to decline of ancient Indus civilization, study says. Photo from Jed Owen via Unsplash Four thousand years ago, the sprawling ...