Civilization is an advancement state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry and government has been reached. The Indus Valley Civilization which is known as The Harappa Civilization was the most fascinating civilization. Unlike Egypt and Mesopotamia are famous with Pyramids and Ziggurats, Mature Harappa’s city uniformed with just well-fired bricks, sewerage systems and buildings. This Civilization rose between 2600-1900B.C. in the region that is now Pakistan and India with the people over five millions in more than a million square kilometers for at least 700 years which existing in the same period of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. This paper is designed to describe about the geography, planned cities, trading
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Trading network, both internal and external was a substantial feature of the urban economy of the Harappa. Trade was going larger and the economic grew very well. To encourage trade and good communities, they had to build more roads and canals. For internal trade, the people of Harappa who live in the city had to depend on the surrounding countryside for the supply of foods and many other necessary products, so they had to emerge a rural-urban interrelationship. Comparably, the farmers also need to find the markets in order to sell their goods too. Mostly the major goods of the internal trade were cotton, lumber, grain, livestock and other food stuffs. All that time, they also had to pay for taxes with the Central Asia, the Arabian Gulf region, the Mesopotamia and so on. It happened largely through Oman and Bahrain in the Persian Gulf and confirmed by the presence day of Harappa artifacts such as beads, seals dice, etc. Furthermore, the Harappa engaged in external trade with Mesopotamia very well. Mesopotamia exported the products and silver; however, except silver, all these products are unpreserved. This could be one important reason why the archaeologists unable to discover the remains of these goods at Harappa
Trading network, both internal and external was a substantial feature of the urban economy of the Harappa. Trade was going larger and the economic grew very well. To encourage trade and good communities, they had to build more roads and canals. For internal trade, the people of Harappa who live in the city had to depend on the surrounding countryside for the supply of foods and many other necessary products, so they had to emerge a rural-urban interrelationship. Comparably, the farmers also need to find the markets in order to sell their goods too. Mostly the major goods of the internal trade were cotton, lumber, grain, livestock and other food stuffs. All that time, they also had to pay for taxes with the Central Asia, the Arabian Gulf region, the Mesopotamia and so on. It happened largely through Oman and Bahrain in the Persian Gulf and confirmed by the presence day of Harappa artifacts such as beads, seals dice, etc. Furthermore, the Harappa engaged in external trade with Mesopotamia very well. Mesopotamia exported the products and silver; however, except silver, all these products are unpreserved. This could be one important reason why the archaeologists unable to discover the remains of these goods at Harappa