INDIAN HISTORY LESSONS - CIVILISATIONS

****LESSONS FROM INDIAN HISTORY

chapter 1: Civilisations

{ Part 1 : Beads , Bricks & Bones }

*Indus Valley Civilisation,

also called Harrappa Culture, Its distictive features or objects obtained from Harrappan sites are beads, bricks, stones etc.

- Named after Harrappa, the 1st found site.

-This civilisation dates back to c2600 - 1900 bce.

*important cities of Harrappa culture were :-

1. Mohanjodaro,

2. Kalibangan,

3. Harrappa,

4. lothal etc.

* Harrappa is located in pakistan's montegomeri district. it was excavated by Mr. Dayaram Sahni in the year 1921 ad.

* Mohanjodaro was first known urban planned city, It is located in Sindh region of pakistan, it was excavated by Mr. Rakhal Das Banerjee in the year 1922 ad.

* Kalibangan was located in Rajasthan's sriganga nagar district, was excavated by Mr B B lal & Mr. Amsanand Ghosh ( 1953 ad ).

* Lothal is situated in the Gujarat's ahmedabad district, excavated in the year 1957 by Mr. S R rao.

* All excavation works were done By ASI.

ASI stands for Archaeological survey of India. It's first director general was " Alexander Cuunningham, also called "Father of indian Archaeology. "

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