Early Harappan culture

The Early Harappan period, also known as the Early Indus period, spanned from approximately 5000 BCE to 2600 BCE. This era saw the rise of numerous settled agricultural communities across modern-day Pakistan. These communities developed their farming and artistic skills, leading to increasingly complex societies. By around 3000 BCE, substantial walled towns emerged, indicating a hierarchy and interconnectedness among settlements. Tools were crafted from stone, copper, and bronze, and pottery with religious symbolism became prevalent. This period laid the groundwork for the well-known Indus Valley Civilization, which is considered one of the world's earliest urban cultures, alongside Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. The Indus civilization was the most extensive of these early civilizations.123