INDIAN HISTORY - HARAPPAN / INDUS CIVILIZATION (2500 BC - 1750 BC)

Indian History : Ancient India :  -   Harappan  / Indus Civilization (2500 BC - 1750 BC) : -  

• The most appropriate name - Harappan Civilization (Harappa - the first discovered site).

• The most prevalent name - Indus Civilization (the largest concentration of settlement - among the Indus river valley).

• The most accepted period - 2500 BC - 1750 BC (by Carbon-14 dating).

• John Marshall was the first scholar to use the term "Indus Civilization".

• The Indus Civilization belongs to Proto-Historic Period (Chalcolithic Age / Bronze Age).

• The Indus Civilization was spread over Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Western U.P. and Northern Maharashtra.

• Scholars generally believe that Harappa-Ghaggar-Mohenjodaro axis represents the heartland of the Indus Civilization.

• The Northern-most site of Indus Civilization - Ropar (Sutlej) / Punjab (Earlier);Manda (Chenab) / Jammu-Kashmir (Now).

• The Southern-most site of Indus Civilization - Bhagatrav (Kim) / Gujarat (Earlier);Daimabad (Pravara) / Maharashtra (Now).

• The Eastern-most site of Indus Civilization - Alamgirpur (Hindon) / Uttar Pradesh.

• The Western-most site of Indus Civilization - Sutkagendor (Dashk) / Makran Coast, Pakistan - Iran Border.

• Capital Cities - Harappa, Mohenjodarao

• Port Cities - Lothal, Sutkagendor, Allahdino, Balakot, Kuntasi