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TopicHarappa

Topic: Harappa

What’s the big deal about the Harappa Dancing Girl that even a replica is stolen

The replica of the Dancing Girl is kept in the Anubhav Gallery for the differently abled. A CISF sub-inspector raised the alarm when he noticed the statue was missing.

Harappa’s 5 mega-urban sites were located on a grid, at calculated distances

In 'Discovering India Anew: Out of Africa to its Early History', Alan Machado (Prabhu) reconstructs the history of Indian peoples from its point of origin in Africa.

Collapse of Harappan Civilisation? Art of making shell bangles transcends time and boundaries

A circa 1000 BCE burial in Thailand featuring shell and marble bangles recently gained attention on social media. The tradition of wearing shell bangles is as ancient as the first urbanisation in the Indian subcontinent.

Could Vadnagar rewrite history? 3,000-yr-old Gujarat town holds clues to India’s ‘dark age’

India’s oldest living town Vadnagar survived climate shifts, invasions, and falls of empires. Solving the mystery of its first settlers could debunk India’s ‘dark age’ theory.

Calling Harappan Civilisation ‘Vedic Saraswati’ is extreme—learn to hold a trowel first

In a recent article, author David Frawley claimed that the term Harappan is the product of Western thought pushed by proponents of the Aryan invasion theory.

How the 2008 Alamgirpur re-excavation challenged timeline of mighty Harappan Civilisation

New dates from the site, ranging from 2600 to 2200 BCE, questioned the established timeline of Harappan presence in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab.

Did Harappans exploit animals for dairy? Lipid residue from Gujarat’s Kotada Bhadli has answers

The Harappan site of Kotada Bhadli contains the earliest direct evidence of dairy product processing, which may have played an important role in its survival and expansion.

Harappan small town Banawali is full of surprises. Terracota plough, Citadel, street soak jars

The most significant finding at Banawali is the terracotta plough. It is the only specimen of what an ancient plough looked like.

Fantastical beasts, sacred motifs—unique Harappan seals that drove Indus valley economy

The largest collection of Indus Valley stamp seals is housed in the National Museum, Delhi with many in museums across Pakistan, US and UK.

Can Pakistan’s Mohenjo-daro be rescued? Historians call for urgent action

Negligence has led to delays in the removal of flood water from the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

On Camera

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.