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    The Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, was an ancient civilization located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India, flourishing between 3300-1300 BCE. Some key aspects of the civilization included their use of standardized weights and measures, innovations in metallurgy and seal carving, extensive urban planning with infrastructure like drainage systems, public baths and granaries, participation in extensive maritime trade networks, and the still undeciphered Indus script. The civilization likely ended due to climate change and altered monsoon patterns affecting this agricultural society.

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    The Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, was an ancient civilization located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India, flourishing between 3300-1300 BCE. Some key aspects of the civilization included their use of standardized weights and measures, innovations in metallurgy and seal carving, extensive urban planning with infrastructure like drainage systems, public baths and granaries, participation in extensive maritime trade networks, and the still undeciphered Indus script. The civilization likely ended due to climate change and altered monsoon patterns affecting this agricultural society.

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    Indus Valley

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    Kashan Aamir Aamir Ishaq
    The Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, was an ancient civilization located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India, flourishing between 3300-1300 BCE. Some key aspects of the civilization included their use of standardized weights and measures, innovations in metallurgy and seal carving, extensive urban planning with infrastructure like drainage systems, public baths and granaries, participation in extensive maritime trade networks, and the still undeciphered Indus script. The civilization likely ended due to climate change and altered monsoon patterns affecting this agricultural society.

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    Civilization

    A civilization is complex society characterized by urban


    development, social stratification, a form of government, and
    symbolic systems of communication (such as writing).
    Indus Valley Civilization
    • Overview
    • Harappan Civilization
    • standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy 
    • Civilization’s institutions and systems of governance
    • The civilization likely ended due to climate change 
    Geography and time-frame

    • Story of Excavation
    • Early Harappan Phase from 3300 to 2600 BCE,  
    • Mature Harappan Phase from 2600 to 1900 BCE, 
    • Late Harappan Phase from 1900 to 1300 BCE.
    Urban infrastructure and architecture
    • well-ordered wastewater drainage and trash collection
    systems
    • Public baths and granaries
    • Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with
    dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and
    protective walls
    • Great Bath
    Urban infrastructure and architecture
    Innovation and exchange
    • Fire-baked bricks
    • standardized weights and measures
    • seal carving
    • Metallurgy
    Innovation and exchange
    • Harappans participated in a vast maritime—sea—trade
    • First to use wheeled transport
    • Built boats and watercraft
    • Mesopotamian civilizations Trade
    Religion, language, and culture

    • Little is known about Harappan religion and language


    • The Indus script remains indecipherable
    • The Harappan religion also remains a topic of speculation
    • A mother goddess who symbolized fertility
    • The Priest King
    • The Dancing Girl
    Religion, language, and culture
    Religion, language, and culture
    Decline or Downfall

    • Three Theories
    • Aryans
    • Climate Change
    • Altered Monsoon patterns

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