World History › Section B · The first civilizations › Topic B.4
The Indus Valley civilization
More than a thousand settlements, from great cities to villages, once lined the Indus and its lost rivers — with grid streets, covered drains and a script no one can read. This topic reconstructs the Harappan world from its engineering and trade goods, and follows the mystery of how it ended.
In this topic
- A civilisation rediscovered
- Reading the city plan
- Sanitation and everyday engineering
- Trade: Meluhha, seals and weights
- The script no one can read
- Worked example: is it even writing?
- Religion without temples
- Art and craft
- Worked example: the fall of the Indus cities
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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