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Harappa
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Rakhigarhi
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Indus-Sarasvati Civilization
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Harappa is the type site and one of the major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Harappa's archaeological existence and importance are secure. The uncertainty lies in language, social organization, and some artifact functions.
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Harappa was a major Indus city, but the CM-134 catalog does not support an absolute size ranking against Mohenjo-Daro.
Answer / theory: Both were major cities; size estimates vary, and Mohenjo-Daro is often treated as one of the largest. Harappa remains a major site but should not be ranked too casually. What supports it: Excavated area and site estimates. What is weak or disputed: Exact population and full extent are uncertain. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence.
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The listed syntheses support Harappa's major-site status but do not provide a measurement protocol for ranking it absolutely among Indus cities.
Answer / theory: Both were major cities; size estimates vary, and Mohenjo-Daro is often treated as one of the largest. Harappa remains a major site but should not be ranked too casually. What supports it: Excavated area and site estimates. What is weak or disputed: Exact population and full extent are uncertain. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence.
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Harappa's long site sequence is better represented as transformation and abandonment than as one documented dramatic destruction event.
Answer / theory: The better picture is damage, decline, transformation, and abandonment, not a single dramatic destruction event. What supports it: Archaeological sequence and regional Harappan transformation. What is weak or disputed: Local details of final occupation. Evidence level: Mixed Evidence.
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Harappan settlement and material-culture distributions extend beyond the Indus valley; using 'Indus-Sarasvati' for that geography remains an interpretive and potentially loaded naming choice.
The geographic correction is valid, but stronger identity claims are not proven.
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In this dossier, 'Indus-Sarasvati Civilization' denotes a proposed name for the broader Harappan civilization, not evidence of a separate archaeological culture.
Answer / theory: Usually it refers to the broader Harappan civilization, not a separate civilization. What supports it: Shared Harappan material culture across regions. What is weak or disputed: The Sarasvati part can imply disputed claims. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for broad geography, Mixed Evidence for naming.
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Rakhigarhi is a major Harappan settlement, but the CM-136 catalog does not support an absolute 'largest site' ranking.
The evidence does not automatically support broader causal, technological, transmission, or literalizing claims beyond the cited record.
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