Indus Valley Civilization
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The earliest known Southern Asian civilization, flourishing c.2300-
1750 BC across 1.1 million km2 / ½ million mi.2 around the Indus in
Pakistan. Over 100 sites have been identified with important urban centers
at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa (Pakistan), and Kalibangan and Lothal (Western
India). Ther ....
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.... generation of work
revealed the nature of the mature Indus civilization in a way that
emphasized its cultural uniformity: notably burnt brick architecture and
town layouts composed of distinct and physically separated citadel and
residential quarters.
At Harappa, exposed an impressive defensive wall, some 9 meters (30
feet) high and 14 meters (46 feet) wide at the base. The great walls of the
citadel emerged for the first time in their majesty as picks cut through
the blocking debris, The h ....
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