Four thousand years ago, the sprawling Indus valley civilization dominated the area of modern-day India and Pakistan. Although considered one of the world’s earliest civilizations and the subject of ...

In the mid-1850s, a few years after the British annexation of the Punjab, some railway builders stumbled upon an ancient mound of terracotta bricks at Harappa in the valley of the Ravi. Despite ...

As the winter sun sets over the landscapes of Sindh, the air often fills with the "Mach Kachehri", traditional bonfires where ...

A new scientific study suggests that the sudden collapse of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, known for its advanced urban planning, brick buildings, early plumbing systems and vibrant ...

NEW DELHI – For thousands of years, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and Lothal, the great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, were the center of one of the world’s earliest and most advanced urban ...

Paleoclimatologists have often attributed the downfall of civilizations in Greece, Mesopotamia, and Egypt to a drought that started in 2000 BC, and they are of the belief that the Indus Valley ...

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 civilization is one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. An urban society, it was made up of hundreds of cities and towns that stretched across what are today northern India and ...

Cave stalagmite in Himalayas offers most detailed explanation for what led to decline of ancient Indus civilization, study says. Photo from Jed Owen via Unsplash Four thousand years ago, the sprawling ...