Much of the Indus civilization developed around an extinct river, challenging ideas about how urbanization in ancient cultures developed, scientists have discovered. Share: Facebook Twitter ...

Singh, A. et al. Counter-intuitive influence of Himalayan river morphodynamics on Indus Civilisation urban settlements. Nat Commun. 8, 1617 (2017) doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-01643-9. Google Scholar ...

India’s ancient history is like an immense ocean—deep, layered, and full of secrets waiting to be discovered. While many are ...

A mysterious script could help solve the mysteries of one of humanity's oldest civilizations. The Indus River Valley civilization site is as important to archaeologists as ancient Mesopotamia and ...

The Indus River came into the knowledge of the Western world early in the classical period, when King Darius of Persia sent his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river, c. 515 BC.

The Indus River holds immense importance in India — not just as a vital source of water, but also as a river of great spiritual and cultural significance in Hinduism. The very term 'Hindu' is ...

Andrew Robinson reflects on the most tantalizing of all the undeciphered scripts — that used in the civilization of the Indus valley in the third millennium bc.

Spanning 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E, the Indus Valley civilization represents one of the area’s earliest societies, flourishing the fertile plains of the Indus River.