Archaeology & Prehistory
Harappa: first-discovered Indus city
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus Valley CivilisationHarappa (Punjab)Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
2,600 BCE
The type-site of the civilisation, with citadel, granaries, workshops and cemeteries.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Source text
- Harappa (Punjab)
- Region
- Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Contemporary with Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Fair to say
Much interpretation relies on archaeology; the script is undeciphered.
Path to modern innovation
Gave the Harappan Civilisation its name.
Builds on
7,500 BCETransmission
Its 1921 excavation revealed a lost Bronze Age civilisation.
References
- 1Daya Ram Sahni (1921)
- 2ASI reports
Further reading
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