Rakhigarhi, in Haryana, is larger than Mohenjo-Daro. Excavations since 2014 and DNA analysis of skeletons reveal what the greatest Indus city tells us.
Tag: 7 Rivers
THE TRAPEZOIDAL WELLS: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC HEALTH
The wells of the 7 Rivers civilization — lined with trapezoidal bricks, up to 30 metres deep, at every crossroads — are the first public health policy in history.
THE UPPER CITY AND THE LOWER CITY: URBAN ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL COHESION
The cities of the 7 Rivers civilization were divided into upper city, lower city and citadel — no palace, but a common room and a granary for all. (
HAIRSTYLES AND ADORNMENTS: COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
The figurines of the 7 Rivers civilization show an extraordinary variety of hairstyles and jewellery. A community identity marker in a plural civilization.
BURIALS WITHOUT LUXURY: EQUALITY IN DEATH AS A REFLECTION OF EQUALITY IN LIFE
No pyramids, no treasure-laden royal tombs: the burials of the 7 Rivers civilization are simple. What this reveals about a society that chose equality. (
THE BADDHA KOṆĀSANA POSTURE ON THE SEALS: YOGA AS ORIGINAL PRACTICE
The seals of Mohenjo-Daro show practitioners in Baddha Koṇāsana — a difficult posture reserved for experienced yogis. Yoga existed 5,000 years ago.
MAX MÜLLER’S THEORY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES: HOW AN ERROR BECOMES A DOGMA
The Aryan invasion theory was born in 19th-century colonial England. Here is how an ideological hypothesis became an academic dogma — and why it is now collapsing.
STANDARDIZED WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: GLOBALIZATION WITHOUT EMPIRE
From Dholavira to Shortugai, the same weights and measures across 1 million km² without empire or army. The 7 Rivers civilization invented global commercial cooperation
MOHENJO-DARO AND HARAPPA: WHAT ARCHAEOLOGY HAS FOUND
No palace, no state temple — but sewers, ritual baths and children’s toys: what a century of excavations reveals about the 7 Rivers civilization