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Indus Valley Civilization

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Introduction and Purpose Statement The Indus River Valley is one of the three early civilizations of the ancient world, it is the widest spreading from northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India. The civilization existed from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE with its highest population size at one time being around 5 million. Excavation of the civilization didn’t happen until the 1920s but it had already been somewhat discovered in 1856 by railway workers who unknowingly used brick artifacts to build the road. The Indus valley civilization is known for having one of the earliest urban cultures of India and coming out with a lot of creations and developments not yet seen in the ancient world ( Indus River Valley civilizations (article) ) .  I’ve always been interested in excavation sites and the things we can learn from them so I decided to do research one a place I've never heard of before, the Indus Valley Civilization. Seeing what came out of this civilization and the advancements...