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Map of Ancient Mehrgarh west of the Indus River Valley, in Balochistan, Pakistan. Mehrgarh predates the Indus Valley Civilization and may have influenced it. The earliest site is in the N.E. corner, a Neolithic and aceramic small farming and herding village made by semi-nomadic people dated to between 7000 BCE to 5500 BCE. For the first time a continuous sequence of dwelling-sites has been established from 7000 BCE to 500 BCE. Bronze Age Civilization, Mohenjo Daro, History Of Pakistan, Indus Valley, Indus Valley Civilization, Khan Academy, Rainbow Roses, Ancient India, Ancient Aliens

Map of Ancient Mehrgarh west of the Indus River Valley, in Balochistan, Pakistan. Mehrgarh predates the Indus Valley Civilization and may have influenced it. The earliest site is in the N.E. corner, a Neolithic and aceramic small farming and herding village made by semi-nomadic people dated to between 7000 BCE to 5500 BCE. For the first time a continuous sequence of dwelling-sites has been established from 7000 BCE to 500 BCE.

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Harappa was rediscovered (by a white person) in 1826 CE by British Army deserter, James Lewis. Lewis was wandering the Punjab region of the then British India in search of ancient artifacts, and, presumably, in avoidance or people who would take him back to the army. At the time Lewis, and the archaeologists who later followed him, assumed that the city dated to around the era of Alexander the Great. However, later discoveries of artistic seals identical to ones found in Sumer would prove that t Indus Civilization Art, Indus Valley Civilization Architecture, Harappan Civilization Project, Indus Valley Civilization Art, Mohenjo Daro Civilization, Pollution Pictures, Harappan Civilization, Indus Civilization, Indian Civilization

Called 'The Priest King' this iconic Harappan statue was found in Mohenjo Daro Existing several hundred years after the Varna Culture, and home of one of the worlds first major urban center, the Indus River Valley Civilization, or Harappa Civilization, was almost forgotten to history until the early 20th century. Contemporaries with Egypt and Sumer, the Harappa civilization has some of the earliest and finest examples of urban planning, writing, and a standardized system of weights and…

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Works of art like images on Indus Valley Civilisation seals & artifacts provide abundant evidence of imaginative and creative art but not necessarily ritual. They may purely be decorative, or may illustrate narratives, but did not display symbols of an organized religion. https://t.co/qaLYks1AY1 Indus Valley Civilisation, Indus Civilization, Bronze Age Civilization, Doll Museum, Indus Valley, Indus Valley Civilization, Like Image, Ancient Origins, Mesopotamia

Works of art like images on Indus Valley Civilisation seals & artifacts provide abundant evidence of imaginative and creative art but not necessarily ritual. They may purely be decorative, or may illustrate narratives, but did not display symbols of an organized religion. https://t.co/qaLYks1AY1

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