The Indus Valley Civilization is a 4600 year old civilization along the river Indus. It is believed that it coexisted with the two of the earliest civilizations known to mankind the Egyptian and the Mesopotamian states but was twice as much as their respective size. Though its counterparts in the west survived for a lot more time than the Harrapan civilization, it is considered to be a technological advanced and a prosperous rule.
Although we are yet to decipher the language of the Harrapans we do have a lot of archaeological evidence to support our claims. We can infer a lot from the ruins of the buildings at that time and other evidence. The foremost thing that distinguishes a settlement from a civilization is the construction of buildings. Buildings that are not only for …show more content…
Any civilization requires food more than anything else for its survival. And the production should be enough for a large minority of the community to be engaged in more specialized activities - such as the creation of imposing buildings or works of art, the practice of skilled warfare, and above all the administration of a centralized bureaucracy capable of running the machinery of state. Food was an essential part at Harappa too and was produced in a planned manner.
Like in Egypt where the Nile flooded the valley each year and enriched it with silt and minerals, the Indus flooded the city of Harappa and enriched it with silt. Without the Indus the civilization wouldn’t have been there in the first place and the whole place would turn into a desert. The Indus made the sites fertile and good for
Although we are yet to decipher the language of the Harrapans we do have a lot of archaeological evidence to support our claims. We can infer a lot from the ruins of the buildings at that time and other evidence. The foremost thing that distinguishes a settlement from a civilization is the construction of buildings. Buildings that are not only for …show more content…
Any civilization requires food more than anything else for its survival. And the production should be enough for a large minority of the community to be engaged in more specialized activities - such as the creation of imposing buildings or works of art, the practice of skilled warfare, and above all the administration of a centralized bureaucracy capable of running the machinery of state. Food was an essential part at Harappa too and was produced in a planned manner.
Like in Egypt where the Nile flooded the valley each year and enriched it with silt and minerals, the Indus flooded the city of Harappa and enriched it with silt. Without the Indus the civilization wouldn’t have been there in the first place and the whole place would turn into a desert. The Indus made the sites fertile and good for