Introduction to the Seriously Underrated Indus Valley / Harappan Civilization

For years I’ve come back to the internet hoping the language of the Harappan’s will be translated so we could learn more about their lives and beliefs. Hope I live to see it!

It always amazes me at the longevity of some of these early civilizations, but for some reason seeing the dates from the Early to Late Harrapan just hit me differently this time. 3300-1300 BCE. 2 thousand years, in the same place. It is almost inconceivable the number of generations that would have lived within that part of the world. Great video, as always!

Glad to have you covering the Harappan. One of those places that makes us truly realize how much we still have to learn.

Such an amazing civilization that most people don’t know about. Their level of engineering for the time period(they had plumbing) is amazing. Hopefully their written language will be translated and more information will be gleaned.

Every time I hear about railworkers or other industries plundering a site, my heart drops.

I’ve heard of the Indus Valley but never heard anything about their ancient culture. Wonderfully eye opening. Thanks for the history lesson.

I’d love to see more on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, as well as the Cucuteni-Tryppilian civilization.

Love this channel. Been waiting for a new episode, and I couldn’t think of a better subject. The Indus Valley civilization is absolutely breathtaking and fascinating in its complexity. Thank you for all your hard work Cy, much appreciated. From, A big fan of the channel in Canada 🙏🇨🇦🍻

Our Indian govt. In Gujrat planning to rennovate Lothal site for tourists attraction. It woul be one hell of a theme park. With mentioning of Acropolis as well.

Thanks for making a non biased review of the Indus Valley civilization/s. It is hard now a days to dig through the propaganda and get to the the real knowledge. Appreciate your hard work into making these videos.

i am really impressed that people are still interested in wanting to understand what this great civilization was about. thanks a million.

One of the most interesting ancient civilizations. I'm so happy that we 'do' know enough for a 40 min. video, I loved it!

The Sarasvati River was very important for them, it gets mentioned in Rigveda, so obviously that's the reason they had to leave.

This video came up at the right time. I am an architecture student and we have indus valley civilization on our this semester's Architecture of Ancient Civilizations course. I have a week to prepare for the finals and this is just what I needed. I really enjoy your videos so keep up the good work! Love from Bangladesh

Forests are very important for retaining rainfall in the soil. If the trees are removed, not only does rain run off into the rivers and not soak into the soil, but eventually the aquifers dry up and the springs stop running. In the New England colonies, the colonists logged all the forests in the 17th century. The immediate result was erosion of the soil and sedimentation of rivers and streams. A bigger problem was that 20-30 years later, the springs dried up, and lack of water became a problem in the drier seasons.

It is underrated and ignored because it is not like other ancient civilizations that ruled through empires, slavery and conquest.

one of my favorite ancient civs ever since helping my daughter with a school project about them. Thank you for this great video!

People of India do know their leanage & History, but are often mocked and ridiculed. There were atleast 10 older universities which had concrete documentation of history & ancient scripts. The places were destroyed & burnt down by invaders & looters. Most of the texts are lost, burnt or stolen. Places were: Vikramshila Pushpagiri Ratnagiri Taxila Nalanda Vallabhi Bikrampur Somapur Jagaddala Odantapuri (Can be more too if they were destroyed earlier than the listed ones).

Hey, Cy! I'm so excited for the new video. I look forward to learning more about the fascinating cultures of the Indus Valley.

The time difference between the Early Harappan (3300 BCE) to Late Harappan (1300 BCE) is even larger than the time difference between the Chola Empire at its peak (1000 CE) and the Republic of India (2023 CE). That's mind-bogglingly awesome. Maybe Indus Valley civilization itself is a series of different political system, which may be in their most unified form in the Mature Phase (2500-1900 BCE).