Dholavira

Meluha is a Sumerian name that has been found in Mesopotamian records dating back to 2350 BC.
Many academics link the name to the Indus Valley Civilization. The Indus Valley Civilization is thought to have exported sesame oil to the Mesopotamia Civilization.

Dilmun is also the Sumerian name for an ancient independent kingdom that flourished around 2000 BCE and was centered on Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf.
Magan is a Sumerian civilization mentioned in Sumerian texts around 2300 BC, and it is thought to have been the source of copper and ditorite for the Mesopotamia Civilization.
The Mesopotamians are thought to have settled in Failaka at least 100 years after the Dilmun Civilization.

S.R Rao excavated Lothal in 1953.
It was located on the Bhogva River near the Gulf of Cambay in Gujarat.
The first man-made port, dockyard, rice husk, fire altars, and chess playing are all significant discoveries.

Dholavira is situated on the banks of the Luni River in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat.
JP Joshi (1967-68) discovered it.
A significant discovery - exclusive water management.

Surkotada is a Gujarat town located between the rivers Sabarmati and Bhogavo.
J.P. Joshi discovered it in 1966.
Important discoveries include the preservation of horse bone and the decline of the Harappan phase.

Kalibangan is an Indus Valley civilization site in Rajasthan. Excavations at Kalibangan have uncovered both Harappan and Pre-Harappan artifacts, indicating that the site witnessed a cultural transition.

Lothal

• It was located on the Ravi River's banks.
• The Indus Valley civilization was discovered for the first time in 1921 at the modern site of Harappa in Pakistan's West Punjab province.
• The city is located on the banks of the Ravi River, a left-bank tributary of the Indus. Because it was located on and around the banks of the Indus River, the Harappan civilization is also known as the Indus Valley Civilization. It thrived around 2,500 BCE in western South Asia, including modern Pakistan, western India, and parts of Afghanistan.

In 1921-22, he was an Indian archaeologist who oversaw the excavation of the Indus Valley site at Harappa. In 1931, as a portage of John Marshall, Sahni became the first Indian to be appointed Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a position he held until 1935.

Mohenjo-daro is located in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan, off the right (west) bank of the lower Indus River. It is located on a Pleistocene ridge in the Indus flood plain, approximately 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the town of Larkana.

Shortugai (Shortughai) was an Indus Valley Civilization trading colony founded around 2000 BC on the Oxus River (Amu Darya), near the lapis lazuli mines in northern Afghanistan. It is thought to be the northernmost settlement of the Indus Valley Civilization.

The Indus Valley Civilization is best known for its burnt brick buildings.