ANCIENT INDIA,HARAPPAN/INDUS CIVILIZATION (2500 BC-1750 BC),MAIN POINT FOR REVISION OR A REVIEW

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TOPIC:ANCIENT INDIA

SUB TOPIC: HARAPPAN/INDUS CIVILIZATION (2500 BC-1750 BC)

MAIN POINT FOR REVISION OR A REVIEW

1. The oldest name-INDUS CIVILIZATION

2. According to archaeological tradition,the most appropriate name-Harappan civilization (harappa-the first discovered site).

3. According to geographical point of view,the most suitable name-Indus-saraswati civilization (the largest concentration of settlement-along the Indus-saraswati river valley;80% settlement along the saraswati).

4.  The most acknowledged period-2500 BC-1750 BC (via carbon-14 dating).

5. JOHN MARSHALL was the first scholar to use term "Indus civilization".

6. The Indus civilization belongs to proto-historic period (Chalcolithic age/bronze age).

7. The Indus civilization was spread over Sindh, Baluchistan, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat,Western UP and Northern Maharashtra.

8. Researchers for the most part accept that Harappa-Ghaggar-Mohenjodaro pivot speaks to the heartland of the Indus human advancement.

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

10.The Southern most site of Indus civilization- Bhagatrav (Kim), Gujarat (Earlier) ,Daimabad (Pravara)/ Maharashtra (Now).

11. The Eastern-most site of Indus civilization- Alamgirpur (Hindon)/ Uttar Pradesh.

12. The Western-most site of Indus civilization-Sutkagendor(Dashk)/Makran coast, Pakistan-Iran boarder.

13. Capital cities-Harappa,Mohenjodaro.

14. Port cities-Lothal, Sutkagendor, Allahdino, Balakot, Kuntasi.

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