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THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION
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Brief Introduction
Till about 100 year’s back, it was believed that the history of the Indian civilization had begun with the Aryans, but the discovery of Harappan civilization around 1920 proved that a highly developed urban civilization existed in India much before the arrival of Aryans.
Gernal Cunnigham gets the main credit for preliminary excavations in Harrpa.
Period of civilization
Indian archaeologists using the technique of radio carbon dating to believe that the period of harrpa extended from 2500 bce to 1700 bce
Drainage System
He drainage system of the harappan civilization was very advanced. The drains were covered with slab. Water flowed from houses into the street drains which had manholes at regular intervals .the water flow from sink into underground sewers
Great bath
One of the largest building was the great bath measuring 55 meters by 33 meters . The bathing pool 12 meters long ,8,5 meters wide and 2.5 meters deep.
Crafts
There were goldsmiths who made jewelers of gold and silver. People were engaged in bricklaying and in art of sculptures bronze smith made various types of weapons
Decline of Harappan civilization
Overuse of the natural resources have may led to the destruction
Countinuous floods might have destroyed the area.
The Aryans who came to India might have destroyed the harappan cities
Earthquakes and epidemics may have caused destructions.