Indus Valley | MCQs

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The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Indus Civilisation.

Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

Period: Bronze Age South Asia

Major sites: Mohenjodaro and Harpa pak

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The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the Indus Civilisation.

Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

Period: Bronze Age South Asia

Major sites: Mohenjodaro and Harpa 

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Alluvial soils are soils deposited by surface water.

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The Harappan Civilization is also called as Indus Valley Civilization

It was known as the Indus Valley Civilization as the cities flourished near the Indus River.

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Mehrgarh is located near the Bolan Pass, Baluchistan, to the west of the Indus River valley.

The site was discovered in 1974 by an archaeological team directed by French archaeologists Jean-François Jarrige and Catherine Jarrige.

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Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.