The document provides an overview of the history of arts in the Indus Valley Civilization. It discusses the discovery and excavation of Harappa in 1842 and provides a timeline of the major eras and phases of the Indus Valley Civilization from 7000 BCE to 1300 BCE, including the Early Food Producing Era, Regionalization Era, Integration Era, and Indo-Gangetic Tradition. It also includes images of artifacts found at sites like Mohenjo-Daro depicting things like the "dancing girl" and "Priest King" statue.

1. HISTORY OF ARTS

2. INTRODUCTION
 The Indus Valley Civilization(IVC) was a Bronze Age
civilization(3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–
1900 BCE) that was located in the north-western
region of the Indian subcontinent
 Flourishing around the Indus River basin, the
civilization primarily centred along the Indus and
the Punjab region, extending into the Ghaggar-Hakra
River valley and the Ganges-Yamuna Doab
 The Indus Valley Civilization is also known as
the Harappa Civilization

3. DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION
 The ruins of Harappa were
first described in 1842
by Charles Masson in
his Narrative of Various
Journeys in Baluchistan,
Afghanistan, and the
Punjab, where locals
talked of an ancient city
extending
"thirteen cosses" (about
25 miles), but no
archaeological interest
would attach to this for
nearly a century.

4. DATE RANGE PHASE ERA
7000-5500 MEHRGARH (ACERAMIC
NEOLITHIC)
EARLY FOOD
PRODUCING
ERA
5500-3300 MEHRGARH II –VI
(CERAMIC NEPLITHIC
3300-2600 ARLY HARAPPAN
REGIONLISATIO
3300-2800 HARAPPAN 1(RAVI
PHASE)
N ERA 5500-
2800-2600 HARAPPAN 2(KOT DIJI 2600
PHASE,NAUSHARO
I,MEHRGARH VII)

5. DATE RANGE PHASE ERA
2600-1900 MATURE HARAPPAN
(INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION)
2600-2450 HARAPPAN 3A INTEGRATION
(NAUSHARO II)
2450-2200 HARAPPAN 3B
ERA
2200-1900 HARAPPAN 3C
1900-1300 LATE HARAPPAN
(CEMETERY H); OCHRE
COLOURED POTTERY
1900-1700 HARAPPAN 4 LOCALISATION
1700-1300 HARAPPAN 5 ERA
1300-300 PAINTED GRAY WARE,
NORTHERN BLACK
INDO-GANGETIC
POLISHED WARE (IRON TRADITION

6. So-called "Priest King" statue,
Mohenjo-Daro, late Mature Harappan
period, National Museum, Karachi,
Pakistan

7. Indus Valley seals, British Mu

8. Chanhudaro. Fragment of
Large Deep Vessel, circa
2500 B.C.E. Red pottery
The "dancing with red and black slip-
girl of Mohenjo painted decoration,
415/16×6⅛ in. (12.5×15.5
Daro"

9. Swastika Seals from the
The so-called
Indus Valley Civilization
Shiva Pashupati seal
preserved at the British
Museum.