Urban Planning
Cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro featured a grid system, multi-story houses, and the world's first advanced drainage system.
World's First Urban Paradise (3300 BC - 1300 BC)
Cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro featured a grid system, multi-story houses, and the world's first advanced drainage system.
Indus merchants used Lothal port to trade cotton, ivory, and beads with distant lands like Mesopotamia (Modern Iraq).
The famous Pashupati Seal and the bronze Dancing Girl statue show their high level of artistic skill and early religious beliefs.
Around 1900 BC, the civilization began to fade. Possible causes include climate change, shifting of rivers, or a massive drought.