The civilisation’s previously accepted timeline was around 2600 BC, but using radiocarbon dating on pottery fragments and animal remains they have found at the site, Archaeological Survey of India and ...

Radiometric dating is an effective method for determining the age of the material, whether a mineral or a piece of organic tissue, by counting the amount of radiation that's embedded in the matter.

The Indus civilization is one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. An urban society, it was made up of hundreds of cities and towns that stretched across what are today northern India and ...