A new study argues the Indus Civilization may have been the most egalitarian society in the ancient world—but scholars are divided. A view of Mohenjo Daro's stupa, or dome-shaped monument. Scholars ...

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The civilization of Indus River Valley is considered one of the three earliest civilizations in world history, along with Mesopotamia and Egypt. Bigger geographically than those two as it unfolded ...

Cave stalagmite in Himalayas offers most detailed explanation for what led to decline of ancient Indus civilization, study says. Photo from Jed Owen via Unsplash Four thousand years ago, the sprawling ...

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 ...

The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world's earliest urban societies, flourishing across present-day Pakistan and northwestern India more than four thousand years ago. Despite its impressive ...

India has repeatedly stated that Pakistan's state-sponsored cross-border terrorism has eroded the basis for bilateral cooperation under the IWT, reiterating that the treaty cannot be viewed in ...

At its peak, the ancient Indus River Valley civilization featured gridded streets, multistory brick homes, flush toilets and bustling shops. Its people traded gold, precious stones and items such as ...

Seals with the signs and symbols of the Indus Valley civilization are waiting to be deciphered. Gary Todd via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 More than 5,300 years ago, a civilization emerged along ...