Paragraph on “The Indus Valley Civilisation” complete paragraph for Class 9, Class 10, Class 11 and Class 12

The Indus Valley Civilisation

One of first civilisations of the world developed on the banks of the river Indus between 2500 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in modern day Pakistan. There were more than hundred small towns and villages in the area along the river Indus. Amongst these Mohenjodaro and Harappa are the famous ones. The people who inhabited this area used baked clay bricks to build their homes and surrounding streets. The remains of the city of Mohenjodaro show that there was a grainary for storing grain, temples and a large public bath with a proper drainage system and a large number of well built houses. Copper and bronze was used by the people to make various things and they had a system of measures and weights. Though most of the population was involved in farming, some of the inhabitants of this area were traders and traded with the Babylonians. The reason for the downfall of this civilisation is still not known though it is assumed it might have happened due to floods in the river Indus.