List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was a major early civilisation, existing from 3300–1300 BCE. It covered much of modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, as well as possessing at least one trading colony in northeast Afghanistan. Over 1,400 Indus Valley civilisation sites have been discovered, of which 925 sites are in India and 475 in Pakistan. Only 40 sites on the Indus valley had been discovered in the pre-Partition era by archaeologists. The most widely known Indus Valley sites are Mohenjo-daro and Harappa; Mohenjo-Daro is located in modern-day Sindh, while Harappa is in Pakistani Punjab. in British India, around 1,100 (80%) sites are located on the plains between the rivers Ganges and Indus. The oldest-known site of the Indus Valley Civilization, Bhirrana, and the largest site, Rakhigarhi, are located in the Indian state of Haryana. More than 90% of the inscribed objects and seals that were discovered were found at ancient urban centres along the Indus river in Pakistan, mainly in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. More than 50 IVC burial sites have been found, including at Rakhigarhi (first site with genetic testing), Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Farmana, Kalibangan , Lothal, Dholavira , Mehrgarh , Banawali , Alamgirpur and Chanhudaro.

Context of IVC sites and cultures
Wider context of the IVC includes the following:


 * Meluhha
 * Indus–Mesopotamia relations
 * Conflict with the Akkadians and Neo-Sumerians
 * List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization
 * Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization
 * Sanitation of the Indus Valley civilisation
 * Periodisation of the Indus Valley civilisation
 * Pottery in the Indian subcontinent
 * Bara culture, subtype of Late-Harappan Phase
 * Cemetery H culture (2000-1400 BC), early Indo-Aryan pottery at IVC sites later evolved into Painted Grey Ware culture of Vedic period
 * Black and red ware, belonging to neolithic and Early-Harappan phases
 * Sothi-Siswal culture, subtype of Early-Harappan Phase