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                                                                                                INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION

Indus valley civilization was first noticed in 1825 by Charles Manson

The Harappan Age is known as bronze Age. Biggest towns in order: Mohenjadaro, Harappa, Kalibangan , Dholavira Rakhigari & Ganweriwala. The INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION  (.330-1300BC,flowered 2600-1900BC) was a civilization thriving along the Indus river and the Ghaggar-Hakra River in what is now Pakistan and north-western India. Among other names of the civilization is the Harappan Civilization / Bronze age Civilization, in reference to its first excavated (IVC) was discovered in the 1920s and is known as only from archaeological excavations, except , possibly for sumerian references to meluhha, which has been proposed to corresponded to the IVC.

salient features of Harappan Civilization so, Harappa was the first excavated city in the Indus Valley Civilization , so this has a very fine features and religious and culture
 * This main crops of this civilization are wheat, barley and cotton
 * pottery was the most important industry in the civilization
 * pusupai (shiva ) was the main diety in the harappa, i.e male god
 * Silver was more common than iron, iron were not used in those time
 * Total absence of stone buildings great bath, the largest buildings in mohenjadaro
 * This Harappa has a systemic Town planning