The civilisation’s previously accepted timeline was around 2600 BC, but using radiocarbon dating on pottery fragments and animal remains they have found at the site, Archaeological Survey of India ...

The research suggests the Indus Valley Civilisation could be far older than previously believed, not just by a few centuries, but by thousands of years. Experts studying pottery, tools, and animal ...

Four thousand years ago, the sprawling Indus valley civilization dominated the area of modern-day India and Pakistan. Although considered one of the world’s earliest civilizations and the subject of ...

Brick-built streets, public baths, intricately designed houses, and crop cultivation according to seasons are the hallmarks of the 9,000-year-old Indus Valley Civilisation, which flourished once from ...

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Archaeologists are excited by potential Indus Valley Civilisation artefacts found near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Discoveries in Sadhrewala village, including pottery, tools, and brick remnants, suggest a ...

Did you know that some of the world's greatest cities disappeared without a trace? Long before modern technology, ancient India had a large and highly developed society. It was one of the three oldest ...

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 Civilisation probably didn’t disappear all at once. New research points to a long stretch of repeated ...

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 ...