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Harappa civilisation was an ancient civilisation along the river Indus that supposedly once founded a large empire in modern-day Pakistan/India.
They are said to have known the Pytagorean principle about 1500 years before Pytagoras, the decimal numeral system and so on. Their cities were build in a highly organised manner and they had sewes and modern-looking toilets.
Their origin still remains unknown and their script still isn't deciphered. Linguists suggest that they come from the Dravidian language group.
I couldn't find such thread on this forum so I decided to make one. I think it is one of the most mythical and interesting civilisations of all time. I'd like to hear your opinions and I'd like you to share your knowledge.
Harappa civilisation was an ancient civilisation along the river Indus that supposedly once founded a large empire in modern-day Pakistan/India.
They are said to have known the Pytagorean principle about 1500 years before Pytagoras, the decimal numeral system and so on. Their cities were build in a highly organised manner and they had sewes and modern-looking toilets.
Their origin still remains unknown and their script still isn't deciphered. Linguists suggest that they come from the Dravidian language group.
I couldn't find such thread on this forum so I decided to make one. I think it is one of the most mythical and interesting civilisations of all time. I'd like to hear your opinions and I'd like you to share your knowledge.
I remember teaching this earlier in the year. The big mystery was what had happened to the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro. An interesting civilization to look at...but I don't think there is much to go on...of course, we didn't study it in depth so I guess I wouldn't know.
The earliest solid evidence tells us that the Indus Valley Civilization was there from before 3000 BC and their cities were so elegantly planned that many say even the Romans could not compete with them. It is said that their demise was caused by invading nomadic tribes from the North.
Aren't Mojeno-Daro and Harrappa built of kiln-dried brick (as opposed to sun-dried brick)? But that area doesn't have a lot of forests to supply the wood for the kilns.
There is the thought that at the time of the rise of the Indus civilization, the valleys were full of trees. They were cut down to fuel the brick kilns to build the cities. Then the eco-system collapsed because the forests had been devastated, and the area could no longer support the population and the cities emptied out. And that's the way the invading nomadic tribes found them.
That's an interesting thought. I've run into a similar one dealing with the Middle East, the area of Levant. It was said that millennia ago the area was full of trees, but as the people felled them, they new ones couldn't grow bacause of the goats that gnawed at the young trees.
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