The Indus Civilization
BBC – Primary History – Indus Valley
The British Museum – Ancient India
Library Think Quest – Indus Valley Civilization
The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the world’s first great urban civilizations. It flourished in the vast river plains and adjacent regions in what are now Pakistan and western India.
Writing – An online exhibition
This is an online resource developed by the British Museum, the resource covers four aspects: What is writing?; Historic writing; Decipherment; and Literacy. The written scripts described in the resource include Sumerian cuneiform, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese characters, Mayan glyphs, the script of the Indus Valley civilisation and the rongorongo script of Polynesia. Also included are 24 illustrations of historic writings and inscriptions including the Rosetta Stone and cuneiform tablets.