The Indus Valley Civilization

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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In 1922, archeologist Howard Carter stunned the world by discovering King Tut’s tomb in Egypt. Two years later, his contemporary John Marshall published the results of his excavations of the Indus Valley. Marshall’s findings reconstructed the timeline of urban civilization in South Asia, revealing cities with overlapping, sophisticated planning and sanitation systems. Although it lacked golden artifacts, the discovery demonstrated that ancient South Asia was as advanced and complex as Egypt. Learn more about the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilizations on Everything, Everywhere, Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter stunned the world by discovering King Tut's tomb in Egypt.
0:05.8	Two years later, his contemporary John Marshall published the results of his excavations in the Indus Valley.
0:11.8	Although it lacked golden artifacts, the discovery demonstrated that ancient South Asia was just as advanced and complex as ancient Egypt.
0:21.2	Learn more about the rise and fall of the Indus Valley civilization on this episode of
0:26.3	Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:31.8	In a previous episode, I discussed the six cradles of civilization.
1:36.7	They are Mesopotamia, the Nile, the Yellow River, Mesoamerica, Peru, and the subject of this episode, the Indus Valley.
1:45.4	The Indus River Valley in modern-day Pakistan is an arid region that does not appear to be
1:50.4	a candidate for a flourishing river valley civilization. Eight thousand years ago, however,
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