INDUS IT VALLEY history

One of these sites was Harappa, which he found in 1829 CE. He seems to have left the site fairly quickly, after making a record of it in his notes but, having no knowledge of who could have built the city, wrongly attributed it to Alexander the Great during his campaigns in India c.

In 1857, the British engineers accidentally used bricks from the Harappa ruins for building the East Indian Railway line between Karachi and Lahore.

Cunningham began excavations of the site and published his interpretation in 1875 CE (in which he identified and named the Indus Script) but this was incomplete and lacked definition because Harappa remained isolated with no connection to any known past civilization which could have built it.

1900 BCE The rise of the great Indian cities of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa.

In the year 1912, J. Fleet discovered Harappan seals.

The most famous artwork is the bronze statuette, standing 4 inches (10 cm) tall, known as “Dancing Girl” found at Mohenjo-daro in 1926 CE. The piece shows a teenage girl, right hand on her hip, left on her knee, with chin raised as though evaluating the claims of a suitor.

Even though most of the Mohenjodaro city had been unearthed by 1931, the excavation campaigns continued to be undertaken.

Sir Mortimer Wheeler, the then director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), led one such campaign in 1944.

After the partition of India in 1947, the area of the Indus Valley Civilization was divided between India and Pakistan.

Richard started his career with the United States Navy in 1977 as an Electronic Technician.

The ruins of Mohenjo-daro were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980.

Linda joined INDUS in 2008 and has over 20 years of DoD experience in various positions and management roles spanning Billing, Project Control, Contracts, and as a Deputy Program Manager.

Clay Glasheen has been with INDUS since 2016 serving as the Program Manager for the Combat Systems In-service Engineering Agent (CSISEA) contract supporting Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme Division (PHD), and as the Division Manager for several other contracts.

Bob Seligman joined the INDUS Team in November 2017 after a successful career as a Special Operations Officer in the United States Navy and many years in support of a local Fortune 500 business here in San Diego.

Since joining INDUS in 2019, Mekia has played a key role in driving the growth of the INDUS Security Program and Facility footprint around the country.

Mark, J. J. (2020, October 07). Indus Valley Civilization.

Michael Hubbard is a Senior Advisor to INDUS Technology, Inc. appointed in June 2021.