The Indus Valley Civilization — famous for its large, well-planned cities — is considered one of the six early pristine state-level civilizations. Skip to main content.

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also called the Indus Civilisation, was a significant Bronze Age civilisation that flourished in the northwestern regions of South Asia. It thrived between c ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...

Though the script has remained unsolved since its earliest samples were published in 1875, we do know a little about Indus Valley culture itself – thanks to archaeological excavations of major ...

Female figurine of the Mature Harappan period, 2700–2000 BCE, Indus civilization. Credit: Wikipedia/National Museum, New Delhi. Subscribe for ads-free reading. The pen might be mightier than a ...

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.