4 The Indus Valley Civilization

image What’s Inside

• Introduction

• Origin

• General Characteristics

• Site Profile

• Crafts and Specialization

• Trade

• Polity

• Religion

• Subsistence Pattern

• Decline of Harappan Civilization

INTRODUCTION

The chalcolithic period in India manifested itself in Indian subcontinent in two forms, first as localized civilizations, and cultures with distinct rural character in deccan and parts of peninsular India; and second as the Indus Valley Civilization, popularly also known as the Harappan Civilization.

The Indus Valley Civilization and its first site Harappa was a chance discovery by a British East India soldier ...

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