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Landmark South Asia archaeological

Lothal

2400 BCE – 1900 BCE · 500 years

Indus Valley port city in Gujarat, India with the world's oldest known tidal dock and bead-making workshops

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Mount Everest

3000 BCE – still standing

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Tibeto-Burmanese

Attested 2000 BCE

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Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia)

2600 BCE – 1900 BCE

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Western Ghats

3000 BCE – still standing

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Austroasian rice cultures

Attested 2000 BCE

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Thar Desert

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · South Asia

Dravidians

Attested 3000 BCE – 700 BCE

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Sundarbans

3000 BCE – still standing

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