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Indus Civilisation — lesson overview
Settlement and chronology
The mature Harappan phase is generally dated approximately 2600–1900 BCE, within a longer sequence of regional settlement development.
Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are major sites, but the civilisation extended across many settlements in the north-western subcontinent.
Archaeological period labels describe patterns in evidence; they do not imply every settlement changed at exactly the same date.
Urban life and production
Many settlements show planned streets, drainage, brick construction and specialised craft production, although layouts vary between sites.
Weights, seals, pottery, ornaments and evidence of exchange suggest organised production and trade connections rather than a purely agricultural economy.
The script remains undeciphered. Claims about exact political institutions, language or rulers require caution because material evidence has interpretive limits.
Change after the urban phase
Urban decline was regionally uneven; settlement shifts and changes in material culture do not prove the disappearance of every population.
Environmental change, river dynamics and economic transformations are among factors discussed; a single invasion story is not an adequate established explanation.
Distinguish observed evidence, such as reduced urban construction, from a proposed explanation of why that change occurred.
