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The indus valley civilisation was also called the harappan civilisation explain

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he name comes from the name of a nearby village Harappa, which is 1KM from the excavated site. Interestingly there is a reference in the Rig Veda to a place called Hariyupiya - loosely translated as the city of golden yupas (posts to which animals were tied). The reference to Hariyupiya is in the hymn below from the Rig Veda. As of now, there is no real evidence that connects the Hariyupiya of RV to Harappa.

Answer 2

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The indus valley civilisation is also known as the harappan civilisation because the harappan site was first to be discovered in 1921 at the modern site on harappa situated in the province of west punjab in pakistan. Mohenjo-daro was discovered in 1922. Both the sites lie in the indus valley civilisation and are thus named same..

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