An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.55

v1.c9.s9.55

The argument that the Tigris-Euphrates lent to the Indus its urbanization does not seem to hold water. For, had the stimulus come from Mesopotamia, it should have manifested itself in at least some of the aspects of urbanization in the Indus valley. However, as we know, neither in its town-planning, nor in its arts and crafts, nor in its weights and measures, not even in its script—in fact in nothing that goes to constitute urbanization—was the Indus civilization influenced by Mesopotamia. Thus it is difficult to accept the theory of a w. Asian stimulus for the emergence of the Indus civilization.