Period of Indus Valley Civilization

Harappan Civilization is also called Indus Valley or Indus Valley Civilization.

Period of Indus Valley Civilization (Harappan Civilization)

The Harappan civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. This civilization was developed in the regions of the Indus river and its tributaries. Some scholars say that its time is 1000 years BC while some scholars admit its time is 2500 BC.

Dr. Rajbali Pandey dated this civilization to 5000 BC is forbidden.

Dr. C.L. Frebie dated this civilization to 2800 to 2500 BC is forbidden.

Dr. Frankfurt has considered its period to be 2800 BC.

Dr. Dharmapal Agrawal has given the time of this civilization from 2300 BC to 1750 BC on the basis of radiocarbon-14 test system.

Although there are differences among scholars regarding the rise of the Indus civilization, but there is no doubt that it is one of the oldest civilizations in the world.

Indus Valley Civilization or major centers of Harappan Civilization

Mohenjo-daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley were the main centers of the Chalco-Bronze Age civilization. The ruins of Harappa were the main centers of this civilization. The Harappan remains reveal the developed and refined form of this civilization. But the development of Harappan culture was not sudden and isolated. From the remains found from the North-West Frontier Region, Balochistan, Sindh and Rajasthan, it is known that before the development of the Indus Valley Civilization, there was such a culture in the Indian subcontinent, which we can consider as an earlier culture of the Indus Valley Civilization. This culture has been termed as 'Prague Harappa' or Pre-Harappan or Early Harappan culture. This civilization was given the name Harappan Civilization because its first remains were found in 1921 in the Harappan region of West Punjab. Two famous archaeologists Rakhaldas Banerjee and Dayaram Sahni discovered the remains of this civilization at Harappa located in Montgomery district of Punjab and Jodaro in Larkana district of Sindh.

The Harappans lived in well-planned cities and had developed the art of writing. Unfortunately we have not been able to decipher the meaning of this script yet. The people of Harappan civilization were also skilled in the field of agriculture and architecture. They probably had trade relations with Mesopotamia and some other countries of West Asia. 2,5000 BC Many civilizations developed in the Nile valley of Egypt, in the Tsingris and Euphantis river valleys of Mesopotamia, in the Hwangao river valley of China, and in the border areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Asian Sea. Around this time the Indus Valley was also the center of a developing civilization.

There are enough opinions about the Indus-civilization period. Various historians date his time to 2500 BC to 5000 BC to determine. Sir John Marshall it was built in 500 BC of civilization. Haridutta Vedalankar Its time is 3000 BC determines. Dr. Radha Kumud Mookerjee and Shri Ernest Mackay The time of this civilization dates back to 3250 BC to 2750 BC Stays.