No other civilization in the world has captivated so much the imagination that the civilization of the Indus Valley, in which some authors have seen the mythical empire of Rama. The civilization of the Indus Valley has its roots 8,000 years ago at Mehrgarh.
The Harappan culture had largely exceeded the borders of what is now Pakistan, it was center in Sindh and Punjab. The two greatest cities, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, emerged much later it seems, around -2600 along the Indus Valley, on the Indian and on the Pakistani shores.