developed in approximately 900 B.C. The Indus Valley Civilization derives its name from the Indus River, one of the longest rivers in Asia. Many of the Indus Valley Civilization's large ...

The decline of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), one of the earliest and most advanced urban cultures of the ancient world, remains one of the greatest mysteries in archaeology. Known for its ...

This article explores the major aspects of the civilization, including its urban planning, economy, trade, social hierarchy, ...

Some of its ... Indus valley civilization disappeared entirely, the study said. Researchers noted the importance of studying other cave formations to further understand this final stage of decline ...

The region where Indus Valley Civilization bloomed is semiarid, bestowed with several glacier-fed rivers, for example, the Indus river and many of its tributaries,' writes Dr Nishant Malik ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Looking at the ruins we can see many changes. The cities became overcrowded, with houses built on top of houses.

and its material culture – mudbrick architecture, beadwork, burial practices – has long been linked to the Indus Valley Civilization that flourished later in present-day India and Pakistan.

Journey of a Civilization: Indus to Vaigai grapples with a little-understood period in Indian history — the centuries that followed the decline ... Indus Valley Civilisation after it started ...

But this group argues it was the other way around – that Sanskrit and its relatives originated in the Indus Valley civilization and spread out toward Europe, said Rao. He described their claim ...

Decline of urban centers, abandonment of cities. – Writing disappeared, inter-regional trade declined. – Continuation of some crafts and pottery traditions. The term Indus Valley Civilisation ...