Perhaps the most iconic Harappan artifact is a four-inch bronze statuette, Dancing Girl, depicting a confident teenager caught in a moment with her right hand on her hip and her left hand on the knee.

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

News Brief Haryana Declares Two Harappan-Era Sites As Protected Archaeological Sites—All About Findings At These Places Nishtha Anushree Apr 01, 2025, 01:28 PM | Updated 01:28 PM IST Nayab Saini ...

They used copper, bronze and stone implements as discovered in large numbers. The officials say the discovery of remains from Pre-Siswal, pre-Harappan and post-Harappan settlements at Tighrana, is a ...

The small copper alloy animal figurines found also markedly resemble Harappan motifs: such as a small dog (found in terracotta in the Harappan repertoire), fish motifs, and an ibex/antelope with ...

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 ...

In a new book, Devdutt Pattanaik argues that the Harappan civilisation persists in our memories An excerpt from ‘Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan Civilization’, by Devdutt Pattanaik.

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 ...

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, ...

The Harappan civilization, the third oldest in the Ancient East, was located in the Indus River Valley and remains mysterious regarding its way of life and decline. Credit: Smn121 / CC-BY-SA-3.0 / ...