The Harappan Civilisation

The discovery of Indus Valley Civilisation in the 20th century was an imprtant event in the history of India. Upon this time it was believed that the history of India began with the advent of Aryans. The discovery of the Harappan civilisation stretched back the origin of the Indian history so as to put it at par with the oldest civilisation of the world Mesopotamian civilisation.

Subsequently, vestiges of the civilization were found as far apart as in southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistan, near the shore of the Arabian sea, about 480 km west of Karachi and at Ropar , in eastern Punjab state, northwestern India , at the foot of the Shimla Hills some 1,000 miles northeast of Sutkagen Dor. Later exploration established its existence southward down the west coast of India as far as the Gulf of Khambat, 500 miles southeast of Karachi, and as far east as the Yamuna river basin, 30 miles north of Delhi. It is thus decidedly the most extensive of the world’s three earliest civilizations; the other two are those of Mesopotamia and Egypt both of which began somewhat before it.