Indus Valley Civilisation | History, Economy, Map & Facts
The Indus Valley Civilization was a Bronze Age civilization, developing from around 3300 BC. C. until 1300 a. C. along the valley of the Indus River, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern India. It encompassed about a hundred settlements and two major cities: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both in Pakistan.Altogether, it comprised the largest area of all ancient civilizations, more than a million square kilometers, and spanned several periods, its greatest splendor being among the 2600 and 1900 A. C. Like the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt, it depended on its river. Like the Nile, the Indus overflowed every year, flooding vast areas and depositing fertile sediments.This immense agricultural potential was the basis on which urbanism around the Indus River developed. With t...