The discovery of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro altered the view that Indian history and civilisation began with the Vedic age. Since then, more than seven hundred large and small sites have been unearthed over an area of some million and a half square kilometers.
A song in the bharud style names some of the essential features that a city presents. The ruins at Lothal help us to recreate Harappan city planning and drainage systems. We see how standardised bricks were laid in the pattern known today as the 'English bond'.
Harappan crops and agricultural technology are described. The episode explores and celebrates the richness of Harappan artefacts: beads, terracotta objects, copper tools and the famous dancing girl cast in bronze.
In Khetri, a stone's throw separates the modern copper smelting works from ancient copper mines—was this where the Harappans mined their copper?
Harappan overseas trade and navigational technology are discussed, and we take a look at their still undeciphered script. So much is known, yet so much remains a mystery.
Finally the reporters visit the large, till then unexcavated site of Dholavira, near the Indo-Pak border. Under the ground may lie some answers to the old questions, while new questions will certainly arise.
