Question

Describe the origin of indus valley civilization and why it was named so.

Answer 1

The civilisation's cities were noted for their urban planning, baked brick houses, elaborate drainage systems, water supply systems, clusters of large non-residential buildings, and new techniques in handicraft (carnelian products, seal carving) and metallurgy (copper, bronze, lead, and tin). Its large urban centres of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa very likely grew to containing between 30,000 and 60,000 individuals, and the civilisation itself during its florescence may have contained between one and five million individuals

Answer 2

Answer:

Name. The Indus Valley Civilisation is named after the Indus river system in whose alluvial plains the early sites of the civilisation were identified and excavated.

Geographical range: Basins of the Indus River, Pakistan and the seasonal Ghaggar-...

Dates: c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE