Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.1.2 Indus Valley Civilisation

3.1.2.1 Harappan civilisation: discovery, extent and chronology

The Harappan (Indus) civilisation was India's first urban culture, announced to the world in 1924, spread over more than a million square kilometres of north-west India and Pakistan, and at its mature peak around 2600–1900 BCE.

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  • Harappa
  • Mohenjodaro
  • Daya Ram Sahni
  • R.D. Banerji
  • John Marshall
  • Wheeler
  • Cunningham
  • Manda
  • Daimabad
  • Sutkagendor
  • Alamgirpur
  • chronology

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