6000 years bc Harappan civilisation, Indus Valley Civilisation, amazing facts about Harappa

, harappancivilisation, civilisation The Indus Valley civilisatio also known as the Harappan civilisation or Indus civilisation, and described as ancient Indus, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilisations of the Near East and South Asia, and of the three, the most widespread. Its sites spanned an area from northeast Afghanistan and much of Pakistan to western and northwestern civilisation flourished both in the alluvial plain of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan, and along a system of perennial monsoonfed rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the GhaggarHakra, a seasonal river in northwest India and eastern Pakistan The cities of the ancient Indus were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, clusters