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 ...

India's recent suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, alongside China's growing dominance over regional water resources and infrastructure, has heightened tensions in South Asia, one ...

Spanning 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E, the Indus Valley civilization represents one of the area’s earliest societies, flourishing the fertile plains of the Indus River.

It is a riddle that has confounded scholars for over a century. And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.

The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The tit-for-tat measures announced by India and Pakistan resemble a classic prisoner’s dilemma, where each side views escalatory retaliation as rational — even necessary — despite mutual harm.

The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), or Harappan Civilization, as it came to be called, also had extensive terrestrial and maritime trade connections with, among others, Central Asia, Mesopotamia ...