Timeline of IVC

c.5000 BCE

c.1500 BCE

The Indus Valley (or Harappan) Civilization.

c. 5000 BCE

Evidence of religious practices in the Indus Valley.

Farming settlements are established in the Indus Valley.

First signs of urbanization in the Indus Valley.

c. 3000 BCE

c. 2600 BCE

The rise of the great Indian cities of Mohenjodaro and Harappa.

Dozens of towns and cities are established in the Indus Valley.

Earliest use of the Indus Script.

The Aryans - nomadic northerners from central Asia, begin to migrate into the Indus Valley.

The Aryans expand into the Ganges valley in India.

Persia conquers the Indus Valley.