Indus Valley Civilization Essay Examples

c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE

The Indus civilization was the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent—one of the world’s three earliest civilizations, along with Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt.

The Indus civilization began in the Indus River valley, evolving from villages that used the Mesopotamian model of irrigated agriculture.

The civilisation was first discovered by an archaeologist named Sir John Marshall in the year 1924. He was the director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India at the time.