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Videos on Harappa in the ancient Indus valley.

Harappan Expertise in Civil Engineering

Michel Danino gives a guest lecture on Harappan civil engineering
2:07:30
Michel Danino

A lecture on the brilliance behind Indus architecture and civil engineering, with a focus on Dholavira. Michel Danino is an advocate of the Vedic origins of the Indus Civilisation. >

Ancient India From the Indus Valley Civilization to the Mughal Imperialism

Indus Valley Civilization ruins
9 minutes (from 0:00 to 9:00)

A short documentary of Indian history from the civilisations of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa through the ages until Islamic Imperialism. Featured historians include Sunil Kumar, Dr Vivek Nanda of UCL, Dr David Hardiman of Warwick University. >

Meluhha: the Indus Civilization and Its Contacts with Mesopotamia

Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer
56:00
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

A lecture by Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer which examines and analyzes a variety of artifacts from the Indus Valley people . >

Harappa to Lahore From Sunrise to Sunset

7:50
Tehnyat Majeed

A beautiful music video taking you to the ancient and modern town and surroundings of Harappa, from the magnificent banyan tree in the museum garden, to the galleries, bones and pottery. >

The Archaeology of Indus Urbanism: Comparing Mohenjo Daro, Harappa and Dholavira

1:21:32
Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer compares three ancient Indus urban centers in the 3rd millennium BCE. An expansive, illustrated look at Indus civilization and its many threads from Mehrgarh in 7000 BCE on, with a focus on domestication, indigenous populations and trade networks. >

Understanding the Discovery of the Harappan Civilization

1:13:27
Nayanjot Lahiri

The author of Finding Forgotten Histories How the Indus Civilization was Discovered tells the story of the earliest investigators and discoveries that led to Harappa and Mohenjo-daro being recognized as remants of a large Bronze Age Civilization that we now know stretched over much of the north-western subcontinent. >

Building a Heterarchic Society The Concept of City and Urban Life in the Indus Civilization

27:51
Dennys Frenez

Drs. Dennis Frenez and Massimo Vidale, two leading Indus scholars discuss the layout and features in Mohenjo-daro, including the so-called "Little Great Bath" and Indus water symbolism. Interesting conjectures around, for example, structures around trees in the city, as well as some of the more interesting houses in the city's HR-A area, including Marshall's House VIII that suggests some houses endured, with changes, for centuries. >

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