Having read about the Stone Age and Copper Age, it becomes important to know about the Bronze Age Civilization i.e. Indus Valley Civilization (IVC). This topic is important for both UPSC Prelims and Mainsperspectives. We will try to give a slightly detailed understanding of IVC. Don’t worry if you feel, there’s so much data or facts to remember. As we said before in the previous topic, focus on the general understanding of each sub-topic, try to catch the pattern, and remember few basic points.
The Indus Valley Civilization or Harappan Civilisation (part of Proto-history) was the first urban civilization in South Asia. IVC, Mesopotamian (also called Sumerian (4500-1900 BCE)), and Egyptian (3200-1000BCE) along with Chinese civilization were the earliest of settlement showing complex societal life. They were called ‘Cradles of Civilization’. For sake of study, IVC has been divided into three phases.
