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 Five fact about Harappan civilization A lot of things are amazing about the Harappa civilization But there are some things that make us wonder more Some things about the Harappan civilization that force us to think that all these things could have happened in that period 1.  Unreadable script - archaeologist are found some inscription (lettering) in Harappa but they have not been able to read till today. 2. Matriarchal -  it is found in many statue of women which shows that this civilization was maternal.people worshiped their goddess who was goddess of land and soil. 3. Scales - Indus Civilization people know about scales system. They are use weights.   4. Art and craft - people were skilled in art and craft. Statues Of Women , statue of bull , priest Idol and pottery were are received in Harappa which show the art of Harappa Civilization. 5. Brick ,Drain and Road - In this Civilization people was know how to make brick. They built own house by brick.
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Discovery of Harappan civilization   The Harappan civilization was one of the four major civilization of the world. This civilization was from 2500 -1750 BC. The first Harappa Mound was mentioned in 1826 by Charles Manson. In 1856 during the railway line from Lahore to Karachi John bruton and William bruton receive some archaeological remains from the excavation. Dayaram Sahni explored the Harappa Civilization in 1921 in the Punjab province of Pakistan excavating at Harappa situated on the bank of Ravi river. In 1924 Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, General John Marshall declared the search for an innovative civilization of the Harappa before the whole world. Civilization extend from 1600 kilometre is to west and 1100 kilometre from north to south which has increased.Dayaram Sahni Rakhaldas Banerjee, N.  G.  Majumdar, Ravindra Singh Bisht and Ranganath Rao etc. had excavated various places of Harappa civilization. Fact about harappan civilization