Early Harappan communities turned to large urban centres by 2600 BCE, from where the mature Harappan phase started. The latest research shows that Indus Valley people migrated from villages to cities.

Mar 7, 2025 · Indus civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about 2500–1700 bce, though the southern sites may have lasted later into the 2nd millennium bce.

The terms Early Harappan and Harappan (from the site where remains of a major city of the Indus civilization were discovered in 1921) are used primarily in a chronological way but also loosely in a cultural sense, relating respectively to periods or cultures that preceded the appearance…

Shaffer divided the broader Indus Valley Tradition into four eras, the pre-Harappan "Early Food Producing Era," and the Regionalisation, Integration, and Localisation eras, which correspond roughly with the Early Harappan, Mature Harappan, and Late Harappan phases.

Oct 7, 2020 · Late Harappan – c. 1900 - c. 1500 BCE: Decline of the civilization coinciding with a wave of migration of the Aryan people from the north, most likely the Iranian Plateau. Physical evidence suggests climate change which caused flooding, drought, and famine.

Aug 11, 2024 · The early Harappan period, also called the pre-Harappan or proto-Harappan period, laid the groundwork for what would eventually become one of the most sophisticated and urbanized cultures of the ancient world.

The history of India begins with the birth of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), also known as Harappan Civilization. It flourished around 2,500 BC, in the western part of South Asia, in contemporary Pakistan and Western India.

Dec 6, 2024 · The Harappan Civilization, also known as the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was one of the world’s earliest urban cultures, flourishing around 2600–1900 BC. It extended across present-day Pakistan, northwest India, and parts of Afghanistan.

Nov 23, 2023 · The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilization, is one of the most important periods in the history of India. It is one of the earliest civilizations of Near East and South Asia.

The Indus Valley Civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization) was a Bronze Age society extending from modern northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. The civilization developed in three phases: Early Harappan Phase (3300 BCE-2600 BCE), Mature Harappan Phase (2600 BCE-1900 BCE), and Late Harappan Phase (1900 BCE-1300 BCE).