HARAPPAN TRADE WITH WEST ASIA

In 1972, the Indus Civilization completed the Golden Jubilee of its discovery. It was cele¬brated in Pakistan, but nothing happened in India, al¬though we loudly claim heri¬tage from that great civiliza¬tion; for, as Sir Mortimer Wheeler said: ‘Indus has given India her civilization and Ganga her faith’. Nothing of this heritage was left in India at the time of Partition in 1947, as all the centres of the Indus Civilization such as Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Chanhu-daro and many others formed a part of Pakistan. However, the intensive explor¬ations carried out by Indian archaeologists since then have brought to light a number of Harappan sites in India also. Similar work in Pakistan and in other bordering regions has located many new settle¬ments which indicate the ex¬tensive nature of this civiliza¬tion over a very vast area encompassing Punjab, Sind, Rajasthan and Gujarat in India, almost the whole of Pakistan and parts of north-eastern Afghanistan.