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7706940701Indus River Valley Civilization3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India0
7706940702Leading Indus AchievementsStandardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin1
7706940703HarappaWhat was then the Punjab province of British India and is now in Pakistan, which was first excavated in the 1920s.2
7706940704Aryan ImmigrantsMistakenly thought to be the first inhabitants of the Indus Valley dating back to around 1250 B.C.E3
7706940705MehrgarhEarliest cite of Indus Valley with origins in the foothills of a mountain pass in modern-day Balochistan in western Pakistan. There is evidence of settlement in this area as early as 7000 BCE.4
7706940706Urban PlanningUnique feature to Indus Valley Civilization with sought to efficiently design and use land and building structures.5
7706940707Mohenjo-daroThe largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization but one of the world's earliest major urban centers6
7706940708citadelsCentral areas in a city that were heavily fortified—protected with defensive military structures7
7706940709granariesstorehouses for grain8
7706940710advanced architectureDemonstrated by dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls, plumbing and public baths.9
7706940711Great BathFound in Mohenjo-daro this may have been a large, public bathing and social area.10
7706940712fire-baked bricksUniform in size and moisture-resistant—were important in building baths and sewage structures and are evidence that Harappans were among the first to develop a system of standardized weights and measures11
7706940713urban sanitation systemsThe ancient Indus systems of sewage and drainage developed and used in cities throughout the Indus region were far more advanced than any others found.12
7706940714seal carvingThe cutting of patterns into the bottom face of a seal, a small, carved object used for stamping. They used these distinctive seals for the identification of property and to stamp clay on trade goods.13
7706940715metallurgyThe science of working with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.14

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