Indus civilization art

Called 'The Priest King' this iconic Harappan statue was found in Mohenjo Daro Existing several hundred years after the Varna Culture, and home of one of the worlds first major urban center, the Indus River Valley Civilization, or Harappa Civilization, was almost forgotten to history until the early 20th century. Contemporaries with Egypt and Sumer, the Harappa civilization has some of the earliest and finest examples of urban planning, writing, and a standardized system of weights and…

Going back to 2700 BCE, the Indus Valley Civilization had some of the earliest known urban sanitation systems. With drainage and sewage in every home, these ancient urban planners were truly ahead of their time! #plumbinghistory #indusvalley #plumbingpioneers #mpm #maxwellplumb #didyouknow #history #plumbing #nyc #trivia #plumbingtrivia #ancientplumbing

Mohenjodaro seal, Figure grappling 2 rampant tigers. This motif is found on seals in Mesopotamia as well. Other artifacts indicate regular trade from the Indus Valley to Mesopotamia via a port in Syria.

HARZEMŞAHLAR STATE Establishment of the Harzemşahlar State Considered the ancestor of the Harzemshah State, Anuş Tigin was taken as a prisoner by Bilge Tigin, one of the Seljuk Emir, as a Turkish youth from Harezm and started to receive education and training in the Seljuk Palace. Anuş Tigin, who worked as a servant in the Seljuk Palace, rose to the task of Taştdar in time and started to work as a pitcher for the Sultan to take ablution and wash his hands. The palace duty, which started with…

The Chinese society grew, developed and flourished in the loess regions associated with the eastern parts of High Asia. This was/is the most impressive and longest lasting of the ancient civilizations and it can be argued that it owes much of its success to its firm foundation in the loess lands. There were/are loess lands associated with the western end of High Asia; not so spectacular and amazing as the Chinese occurrences but significant and deserving of appreciation. The Central Asian…

Known to be the bronze age civilization, Indus valley civilization used to extend from today’s Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest part of India. In the

An illustrated paper on the evolution of textiles and costumes in ancient India.

The Indian civilization is one of the oldest in the world. Farmers had begun to build villages in the valleys of the River Indus and the nearby River.