Indus Valley Civilisation
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The Indus Valley Civilisation (abbreviated IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation which flourished from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE. Over 1400 archaeological sites have been identified as belonging to this civilisation, predominantly in central and eastern Pakistan and northwestern India; Wikipedia has a list.
UnderstandAt its height, the Indus Valley Civilisation spanned almost all of what is now Pakistan and parts of what are now northern India, eastern Afghanistan and southeastern Iran.
TalkThe Aryans spoke Sanskrit, the language of the oldest Hindu sacred texts, the Vedas, and the ancestor of many modern languages in the subcontinent and nearby.
DestinationsSince there are well over 1000 IVC sites there are a lot of artifacts; nearly any museum in the region has some and others have been exported to museums all over the world.
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