Harappa is a city in Punjab, northeast Pakistan, located beside a former course of the Ravi River; about 35km southwest of Sahiwal. Melbourne, Australia by night For alternate meanings see city (disambiguation) A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ... The Ravi originates near the Rotang pass in the Kangra Himalayas and follows a north-westerly course. ... Sahiwal is a small town in southeastern Punjab province of Pakistan with a population of roughly 100,000. ...

The modern town is built beside the remains of an ancient fortifed city, which was part of the Cemetery H and Indus Valley Civilizations. The city existed from about 3300 BC [1] until 1600 BC. Ancient history is the study of significant cultural and political events from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages. ... Nakhal Fort, one of the best-preserved forts in Oman. ... The Cemetery H culture developed out of the northern part of the Indus Valley Civilisation around 1900 BC, in and around the Punjab region. ... The Indus Valley Civilization existed along the Indus River and the Hakra-Ghaggar river and their tributaries. ... (34th century BC - 33rd century BC - 32nd century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) Events Major climate shift possibly due to shift in solar activity. ... (Redirected from 1600 BC) Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC Decades: 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC Events and trends Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty The creation of one of...

In 2005 a controversial amusement park scheme at the site was abandoned when builders encountered large quantities of artifacts during initial construction work. A plea from the prominent Pakistani archaeologist Ahmed Hasan Dani to the Ministry of Culture resulted in a re-survey of the site and cancellation of the project amid accusations of corruption and incompetence. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Six Flags New England, an amusement park in Springfield, Massachusetts. ...

Notes

[1] The earliest radiocarbon dating mentioned on the web is 2725+-185 BC (uncalibrated) or 3338, 3213, 3203 BC calibrated, giving a midpoint of 3251 BC. Maybe this comes from S.P.Gupta, 1993, "Longer chronology of the Indus-Saraswati Civilization", Puratattva, No. 23, 1992-93, pp. 21-29. [2] Mohenjo-daro is another major city of the same period, located in Sindh province of Pakistan. Radiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring isotope carbon-14 to determine the age of carbonaceous materials up to ca 60,000 years. ... Mohenjo-daro (literally, mound of the dead), like Harappa, was a city of the Indus Valley civilization. ... Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis and Muhajirs and various other groups. ...

External links

• Excavations of the city are described at http://www.harappa.com.
• Harappa amusement park scrapped