An excerpt from ‘Multiple Legacies’ by Kumkum Roy in the collection ‘Women Writing History: Three Generations’.

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 ...

India’s ancient history is like an immense ocean—deep, layered, and full of secrets waiting to be discovered. While many are ...

The government of Haryana has announced the protection of two sites, located in the Bhiwani district, which are over 4,400 years old and part of the Sindhu-Saraswati civilisation. These sites are ...

Haryana declares 2 Harappan civilisation spots as protected archaeological sites A senior officer of the state archaeology department told The Indian Express Monday now the department will take all ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in Tamil Nadu reveal South India as an early hub of iron smelting, challenging historical timelines. Excavations at sites like Adichanallur and Sivagalai uncover ...

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 ...

With Nehru’s prompt agreement, the finding of Harappan sites in India became a national project. With the Indus river basin in Pakistan no longer serving as the focal point of the civilisation, a ...

A century later, this Bronze Age civilisation is called the Harappan civilisation, named after Harappa, now in Pakistan, which was the first site to be discovered in the area. For the past 100 ...

As an exhibition and a new book shed light on this long, shining trail, see some of the world’s finest artefacts, grandest ...

Lothal, located about 30 kilometers inland from the coast of the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, India, was a prosperous port during the Harappan period of the Bronze Age (2600 BCE to 1900 BCE). This ...

Located about 30 km from the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat, Lothal was a crucial port during the Bronze Age Harappan period. This research revisits the dockyard theory from a landscape perspective, ...