History Read/Study Talk: The amazing finds of the 3.9K to 4.5K old Indus Valley (Harappa)Civilization
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
India
September 18, 2021 12:25pm CST
Even though I have read a lot of History in my school years, there are things of history that do not fail to amaze me even till date.
One such facet is the Indus Valley Civilization, also known as Harappan Valley Civilization.
This civilization was in its peak roughly from 2500 BC to 1900 BC.
Many of the sites like Harappa- the first site, Mohenjo-Daro, Sutkagan Dor and many more are in the present day Pakistan. Yet many other sites have been found in Gujarat, some in Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (the easternmost end) and in Jammu and Kashmir.
Out of these, Mohenjo-Daro is one of the most famous and seemingly the most advanced of its times, with some features not to good means even in modern towns and cities of the world:
1)Great Bath.
2)Excellent drainage system, with water drains finally leading to the Arabian sea.
3)Signs of trade with Mesopotamian civiliation(present day Iraq)in form of cylindrical seals.
4)Seals as sign of stamping.
5)Cloth weaving.
6)Baked bricks and Pottery and Terracota toys- signifying a certain level of sophistication and wealth.
7)Bearded Man and Bronze dancing girl.
8)Great Granary at an elevation to store food away from possibility of floods !
And covered drains as well!
Definitely these people had a good scientific and engineering spirit.
I can go on, but definitely some amazing things to read about and talk about.
This is worth read:
https://www.upscsupersimplified.com/indus-valley-civilization/
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7 responses
@Torunn (8606)
• Norway
18 Sep 21
That's very interesting!
I love reading about history, one of the things I will buy a lot next time I travel is history magazines. For some reason they cost at least 3 times as much here as in Germany and Austria.
Have you been to any of the sites?
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 Sep 21
@Torunn
Well, may be the History Magazines have a niche value and expectation that lesser people would buy these. Now, Wikipedia, YouTube and other sites have a lot of information, though at times the information can be conflicting.
No I have not been to any of these sites. Some are in other countries neighboring India and a visit is almost impossible in current political scenario.
For Indian sites, some in Haryana and Gujarat state could be the places which I could visit in some future time.
These sites can be developed as Tourist places.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 Sep 21
@Torunn
Some sites which are under ongoing excavation might be kept out of bounds fir Tourists for the fear of those places and excavated artifacts getting disturbed.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 Sep 21
@Torunn
Controlling crowds in India or Pakistan is a bit tougher at times. Plus there are folks who violate rules and take away things that should not be taken away.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 Sep 21
@DianneN
In some areas like a place known as "Rakhigarhi" in Northern India, excavations are still on and a lot has been found in layers beneath earth.
There have been founds of well advanced civilizations of 1000s of years old in other parts of the world.
My guess is that these folks were busy in thinking about Scientific and Engineering advancements and less focused on fighting over petty issues.
Unfortunately, we do have better technologies and means now but many of us humans are hell bent on pulling one other down or fighting on petty issues.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 Sep 21
@DianneN
Plus there could be more that remain unexplored but in nations that have internal or external conflict.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 Sep 21
@TheHorse
No Internet but their way of writing and understanding other cultures through trade was quite developed.
It was an age of Four Parallel civilizations :
Indus Valley or Harappan, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian.
Quite remarkable!!
@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
20 Sep 21
@just4him
Yes and folks like me are more interested.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
20 Sep 21
@Sojourn
Not exactly Dravidian. The Aryans and the existing folks intermingled though the civilization shifted eastwards towards Indo Gangetic plains and southwards with some remaining in what are the parts of Pakistan now.
It was the British who propagated the Aryan - Dravidian conflict which was later found misleading by many historians; although the debate is still on.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
18 Sep 21
@CarolDM
I did not take History as my majors during College onwards. Yet I always kept a keen interest in History and the Historical studies.
There are so many things discovered about the Indus Valley civilization which was contemporary to the Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Chinese civilization but had the maximum contact with the Mesopotamian civilization.
Yet so many unknowns like the yet to be deciphered inscriptions or scripts.
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@DaddyEvil (174797)
• United States
19 Sep 21
You should also check on YT for videos talking about these things. I was watching some very interesting ones a few weeks ago.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
19 Sep 21
@DaddyEvil
Yes I have seen a few. I might talk about one sometime.
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