The Indus Civilization c4.14

c4.14

The date of the Indus civilization has now been fixed with some certainty, for certain objects found during the excavations now proceeding in Mesopotamia have been identified as of Indian workmanship, a point which will be discussed in more detail later. It is enough to say here that the upper levels of Mohenjo-daro are contemporaneous with the latter part of the Early Dynastic Period of Babylonia, *c.* 2550 B.C., while the lower levels, as far as we have descended, where the objects found are barely distinguishable from those of the latest levels, could hardly antedate the latter by more than five hundred years, and perhaps as little as three hundred. This dating of the upper levels is now accepted by most authorities, but it must be remembered that it depends on Mesopotamian chronology, and that any modification of the latter must entail a corresponding re-dating of the Indus Valley finds.