From advanced urban planning to sudden decline, learn how the Harappan culture thrived and why it ultimately vanished from history.

Does this make them the first non-violent civilisation? According to Devdutt Pattanaik, a renowned mythologist and writer, it does. In his latest book, Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan ...

The Indus Valley Civilization — famous for its large, well-planned cities — is considered one of the six early pristine state-level civilizations.

The Harappan civilization, named after its largest city, Harappa along the upper Indus River, evolved beginning about 5,200 years ago and reached its height between 4,500 and 3,900 years ago ...

The ancient city of Dholavira, the southern centre of the Harappan Civilization, is sited on the arid island of Khadir in the State of Gujarat. Occupied between ca. 3000-1500 BCE, the archaeological ...

Devdutt Pattanaik's book 'Ahimsa' explores the nonviolent culture of the Harappan civilization, emphasizing trade over violence and its geographical diversity.

A local government in India has offered a top prize of $1 million to the first person who can crack the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of the Indus Valley civilization known as Harappan.

In a new book, Devdutt Pattanaik argues that the Harappan civilisation persists in our memories An excerpt from ‘Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan Civilization’, by Devdutt Pattanaik.

The Harappan civilization rose to power in and around the Indus Valley in what is now Pakistan and Western India, reaching its peak 4,550 to 4,250 years ago.

In his latest book, Ahimsa: 100 Reflections on the Harappan Civilization, Pattanaik departs from his image of a mythology writer to offer insightful reflections on Harappan civilisation.