Cronology of Harappan Culture
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 of water into Indus and Sarasvati.
2500-1900 BC : Mature Harappan Culture.
2000 BC : Elam as a powerful State. The remains of a horse in Surkotada.
1900-1500 BC : Degenerate phase of Harappan culture in India.
1800 BC : Use of rice in Lothal.
1900-1200 BC : Post-urban Harappan Culture.
1700 BC : The Yamuna and Sutlej leave the Sarasvati.
1500-1200 BC : Successive groups of the Vedic people enter the Indian Subcontinent.
300 BC : Brahmi Script introduced.
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 of water into Indus and Sarasvati.
2500-1900 BC : Mature Harappan Culture.
2000 BC : Elam as a powerful State. The remains of a horse in Surkotada.
1900-1500 BC : Degenerate phase of Harappan culture in India.
1800 BC : Use of rice in Lothal.
1900-1200 BC : Post-urban Harappan Culture.
1700 BC : The Yamuna and Sutlej leave the Sarasvati.
1500-1200 BC : Successive groups of the Vedic people enter the Indian Subcontinent.
300 BC : Brahmi Script introduced.
Timeline of the Harappan Archaeology -
1853 - A. Cunningham's find of a Harappan Seal.
1921 - Daya Ram Sahani's excavation of Harappa.
1931 - Marshall excavation of Mohenjo-Daro.
1938 - Mackay excavated the same site.
1940 - Vats excavated Harappa.
1946 - Mortimer Wheeler excavated Harappa.
After 1947 - Harappan and associated sites excavated.
read my article on decline of the Harappan Civilization at this link.
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Read the article on Amazing facts of Harappan Civilization at Facts of Harappan Culture
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Also check our notes on Religion of Harappan Culture at Sindhu Reliion
Also you can refer to other articles for more details about Indus Valley Culture
Want to know more about Harappan Civilization read at The First Cities
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