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Why the Indus valley culture called Harappan culture

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Why the Indus valley culture called Harappan culture?

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The Indus valley culture is called Harappan culture because the first discovery comes from Harappa. The Harappan civilization takes its name from Harappa, the archeological site where the first evidence of a new Bronze Age urban culture was unearthed. The term Harappa is simply the Urdu name for the location.
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