Indus–Saraswati archaeological complex

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Bronze Age civilization archaeological culture complex urban civilization

The Indus–Saraswati archaeological complex refers to the network of ancient urban and rural settlements associated with the Indus Valley Civilization that developed along the Indus and the now-dry Saraswati (Ghaggar-Hakra) river systems in northwestern South Asia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Indus Valley Civilization sites 1
Indus-Saraswati civilization 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age civilization ⓘ
archaeological culture complex ⓘ
urban civilization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indus–Ghaggar-Hakra Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus–Saraswati Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Harappan material culture ⓘ
Indus script NERFINISHED ⓘ
dockyard at Lothal NERFINISHED ⓘ
faience and bead production ⓘ
granaries and storage structures ⓘ
terracotta figurines ⓘ
culture Indus Valley cultural tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedAlong Ghaggar-Hakra River system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saraswati River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature advanced drainage systems ⓘ
baked brick architecture ⓘ
craft specialization ⓘ
grid-pattern streets ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
planned cities ⓘ
seals with script-like signs ⓘ
standardized weights and measures ⓘ
hasPart Banawali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dholavira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganweriwala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harappa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalibangan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lothal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mohenjo-daro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rakhigarhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
rural settlements ⓘ
urban settlements ⓘ
locatedIn Ghaggar-Hakra river basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern South Asia ⓘ
regions of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
regions of present-day eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
regions of present-day northwest India ⓘ
regions of present-day western India ⓘ
partOf Indus Valley Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance major center of early South Asian urbanism ⓘ
one of the earliest urban civilizations in the world ⓘ
studiedIn Bronze Age studies ⓘ
South Asian archaeology ⓘ
timePeriod c. 1900–1300 BCE (Late/Localization phase) ⓘ
c. 2600–1900 BCE (Mature phase) ⓘ
c. 3300–2600 BCE (Early/Pre-urban phase) ⓘ

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Gujarat is considered a valuable and prominent state in Western India → knownFor → Indus–Saraswati archaeological complex ⓘ
subject surface form: Gujarat
this entity surface form: Indus Valley Civilization sites
Banawali → partOf → Indus–Saraswati archaeological complex ⓘ
Rakhigarhi → partOf → Indus–Saraswati archaeological complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus-Saraswati civilization