The Indus Valley Civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in human history. It arose on the Indian subcontinent nearly 5,000 years ago — roughly the same time as the emergence of ancient Egypt and nearly 1,000 years after the earliest Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia. The Indus Valley Civilization, in its mature phase, thrived for about 700 years, from around 2600 B.C. to 1900 B.C. Indus River Valley Civilization was discovered by the archaeologists in the 1920s. It flourished in the Bronze Age (3300-1300 BCE; mature period 2600-1900 BCE, pre-Harappan cultures starting c.7500 BCE) along the Indus River (hence called Indus Valley Civilization ) and the Ghaggar-Hakra River, which now lies in the area of modern Pakistan, North-West India and Afghanistan (covering an area of 1.25 million km 2). This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in the Indus Valley civilization. Using primary sources and information from archeological discoveries, it uncovers some fascinating insights and explodes some myths.