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Ancient marvel Harappa was discovered about 100 years ago.It was John Marshell ,the then head of Archeological Survey of India ,who ordered for the excavation work which ends in finding one of the most developed civilisation of world. Culture & Civilisation There is a difference in the term Culture and Civilisation although they are used interchangeably.When we mention Harappan culture,we should mean the more ancient duration 5500 BCE to 1500 BCE but when we use the term Harappan civilisation it should be specifically pointing the duration when this was at its peak around 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE .There had been a transformation from culture to civilisation. Common people understands all the ancient findings as INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION but it is not that simple . There are four  different points which needs to be looked upon. When Harappa got discovered in 1920 ,it was found near the Ravi river which is a tributary of Indus ,later in 1922 when Mohenjo-Da...

It is said that Geology starts where history and archeology ends.Apart from having rich cultural diversity India has a rich geodiversity. Ironically, on the one hand, we reach out to Mars in search of evidence for early life, but on the other, we destroy such evidence that is so precious and right in our backyard. How many of us know about the little known Dhala meteoritic impact crater in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, a 1.5-2.5 million year old preserved as a mark of a celestial collision when life must have just begun? (The more famous Lonar crater in Buldhana district of Maharashtra was dated to be about 50,000 years old). Or for that matter the 236,000-year old female Homo species discovered in Hathmora, Madhya Pradesh? Scientists initially called the fossil the “Narmada Man”, but this was a mistake; they later turned out to be that of a woman 27-32 years old. These are spectacular to look at even for the general public who may not understand that they are als...