In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

A new scientific study suggests that the sudden collapse of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, known for its advanced urban planning, brick buildings, early plumbing systems and vibrant ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

This article is part of an ongoing series surveying archeological and historical sites across Asia. For the introduction to this series, please see here. As mentioned in the introductory article to ...

The Indus Valley Civilization is as mysterious as Atlantis, except that we know the Indus Valley Civilization was very real. More than 5,000 years ago, the people of the Indus Valley had planned ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of an individual that lived four to five millennia ago and was part of the Harappan civilization, which is also referred to as the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC).

Annalee Newitz is the author of “Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age.” But the historical record shows that reports of the end times always turned out to be wrong. “Barbarians” didn’t ...

Prepare for interview questions on Indian History. Covers Indus Valley, Ashoka, 1857 Revolt, National Movement and Constitution of India.