Distinctive feature of ancient India

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Civilization appeared in India in 1921. Before this, it was believed that Vedic culture was the oldest culture of India which was born thousand years before Christ. In 1921, suddenly remains of India’s Bronze Age civil civilization were discovered at a site called Harappa on the banks of the Ravi River. From this it became clear that in terms of history, Indian civilization is ahead of other ancient civilizations of the world and this civilization had flourished before the Vedic culture. To know its detailed form, Dayaram Sahni did excavations in Harappa. In search of other sites of this civilization, Rakhaldas Banerjee discovered the second site of this civilization in 1922 from a mole named Mohenjodaro, in Lakarana district on the western bank of the Indus River. From the complete Harappan style objects found here, it became clear that both these sites situated at a distance of 400 miles belong to the same civilization. The archaeological remains recovered from these sites included coins written in an unknown script, such as those from some sites in Babylonia, dated to the third millennium BC. Was received from the levels of. From these signs it became clear that Indian civilization is as ancient as the Sumerian civilization. As a result, the sites of Harappa and Mohenjodaro were excavated on a large scale. Madhosvarupa Vatsa in Harappa from 1925 to 1931; Marshall, Dixit, Hargreaves, and Sanaullah conducted extensive excavations at Mohenjo Daro from 1925 to 1927. After Marshall, Mackay continued the excavation work in Mohenjodaro till 1931. After this he excavated Chahunjodaro in 1935-36. Archeology was not satisfied with the information obtained over the years, so influential leaders like Majumdar, Hargreaves, and Orelstein made successful efforts to discover other Bronze Age sites in Sindh and Baluchistan. In 1935, Madhoswarup Vatsa found the remains of Indus civilization from Rangpur in Kathiawar, while Wheeler did re-excavation work in Harappa in 1956.