why is the civilization described as Harappan civilization? how old is this civilization
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Harrapa was the first site to be discovered in India valley civilization so it came to known as harrapa civilization. It is 2500 to 8000 year may be
Indus Valley Civilisation
IVC major sites
Geographical range South Asia
Period Bronze Age
Dates c. 2600 – c. 1900 BCE
Preceded by Mehrgarh
Followed by Vedic period
Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh province, Pakistan, showing the Great Bath in the foreground. Mohenjo-daro, on the right bank of the Indus River, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first site in South Asia to be so declared.
Outline of South Asian history
Palaeolithic (2,500,000–250,000 BC)[show]
Neolithic (10,800–3300 BC)[show]
Chalcolithic (3500–1500 BC)[show]
Bronze Age (3300–1300 BC)[show]
Iron Age (1500–200 BC)[show]
Middle Kingdoms (230 BC – AD 1206)[show]
Late medieval period (1206–1526)[show]
Early modern period (1526–1858)[show]
Colonial states (1510–1961)[show]
Periods of Sri Lanka [show]
National histories[show]
Regional histories[show]
Specialised histories[show]
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The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), or Harappan Civilisation,[1] was a Bronze Age civilisation (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE)[2] mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.[3][4] Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of three early cradles of civilisations of the Old World, and of the three, the most widespread.[