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The Indus valley civilisation is also called the Harappan culture.

Archaeologists use the term “culture” for a group of objects,

distinctive in style, that are usually found together within a specific

geographical area and period of time. In the case of the Harappan

culture, these distinctive objects include seals, beads, weights, stone

blades  and even baked bricks. These objects were found

from areas as far apart as Afghanistan, Jammu, Baluchistan (Pakistan)

and Gujarat 

Named after Harappa, the first site where this unique culture was

discovered, the civilisation is dated between c. 2600 and

1900 BCE. There were earlier and later cultures, often called Early

Harappan and Late Harappan, in the same area. The Harappan

civilisation is sometimes called the Mature Harappan culture to

distinguish it from these cultures.