Rock art paintings of Bhimbetka are much popular among the historians for articulated study of the Mesolithic culture. The Bhimbetka Cave Paintings are locted in the Raisen District of Madhya Pradesh which was recognized as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in the year 2003. These rock art paintings is not only a vibrant tourist spot but also the...

An age which revolved much around the Harappan Civilization, The Chalcolithic age was much pre-harappan and some post-harappan period when people first used metal i.e. copper that's why this age is also known as Copper-Stone age. The people led a sub-urban lifestyle when the village community were growing bigger but not as big as the first cities of...

This age started from around 6000 BC and lasted till 1000 BC which was the last age of the Pre-historic age. This age was the most reforming in all the aspects like from human development to cultural development and thus the age is also termed as Neolithic Revolution by V. Gordon Childe. This age led to the foundations...

After the Palaeolithic age over in 10000 BC, the Mesolithic age started which lasted till 6000 BC, also known as the Late Stone age. Famous for its rock art paintings, this age created the maximum number rock paintings at various places in the world. Apart from rock paintings, Mesolithic age is also known for it's miniature tools, which...

The Palaeolithic age also known as the old stone age was started roughly around 500000 BCE and ended in the 10000 BCE. The word 'Palaeo' means old and 'lith' means stone, thus, the word Palaeolithic means old stone age. This was the period in which the humans just started developing as such they are now-a-days, thus, all the...

Pre-History is the study of all the events occurring before writing was known to the humans and proto-history is the period when writing was not known but the period is mentioned in the contemporary civilization or any later literate culture. Generally, this period was started form the evolution of Human beings and lasted till 1000 BC, but it...

These dates are always hard to learn but history is just a story without these dates, so we will have to learn these dates. So here is the timeline of the Harappan Civilization: 7000 BC             :    Earliest agricultural settlements in Baluchistan. 4000 BC             :    Pre-Harappan settlements in Cholistan (Pakistan). 3000-2000 BC    :    Period of heavy rain and substantial flow...

This tittle sounds some wired but it is true as Harappan Civilization had many problems within it even being one of the most oldest and smartest and most developed civilization. There were two basic problems associated with the Indus Valley Civilizations which aren't highlighted much yet they were really big issue for any civilization to be sorted out...

We often wonder what were the things found during the excavation of the Harappan Sites. What was the use of those things and how those things were helpful in learning about the Sindhu Civilization and also how advanced they were in use. There are many questions related to the discoveries of those items which need to be answered...

The very well laid out cities with proper arrangements for almost everything including sanitation, backup food, markets, etc. which were literally thousand years ahead of time but still discontinued suddenly . These are the stories of the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization and they are many, from being flood the reason to the invasion of the Aryans, it has many...

People often wonder that was there any relation between Vedic age and the Harappan Culture and often get confused in the relativity of both the cultures. Also, we generally misunderstood that the Vedas had direct connection with the Indus Valley Culture but it is not so. The Vedas were written much after the decline of the Harappan Culture and The...

How was the economy then? The development of any country and a civilization depends on how is the economy of that nation or civilization. So, to check how developed the Indus Valley Civilization was, we have to look at the economy of the Indus culture. The economy of the Indus Civilization was really stable and stronger than the...

What was the status of agriculture in Sindhu Civilization? As we know that human started cultivating crops with the starting of Neolithic Age and till Harappan period they might have reached some more heights in this field. So, this article is basically about the status and condition of the food production in the Indus Valley Culture. We people often...

Indus Religion Many times we wonder which religion do the old civilizational people followed and how they practiced it. So in this article I would try to put some light on the religion that Harappan people practiced and how they were in terms of ethnicity and was caste system had it's root in the culture. Did the vedas emerged from...