The Indus Valley civilization was an ancient Bronze Age civilization located in what is now Pakistan and northwest India. It flourished between the 23rd and 18th centuries BCE and is considered to be one of the earliest urban cultures in the world. The civilization is known for its advanced urban planning, sophisticated
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE. Together with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it was one of the three early civilisations of the Near East and South Asia. Of the three, it was the most widespread: It spanned much of Pakistan, northwestern India, and northeast Afghanistan. The civilisation flourished in the alluvial plain of the Indus River and along a system of monsoon-fed rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the Ghaggar-Hakra, a now-seasonal in northwest India and eastern Pakistan.