IN ANCIENT TIMES THE COUNTRY THAT IS NOW AS PAKISTAN ASSUMED A GREAT IMPORTANCE AS THE PRINCIPAL LOCATION OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION, AFTER THE MAJOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF HARAPPA. CIVILIZATIONS TEND TO DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE BANKS OF RIVERS BECAUSE RIVERS, BY THEIR VERY NATURE, FACILITATE IRRIGATION, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. AND THE CIVILIZATION THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE BANKS OF THE INDUS RIVER WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. THE SMALL STANDING STATUE OF THE BLACK WOMAN SHOWN HERE, ABOUT 4000 YEARS OLD, IS THE MOST DISTINCTIVE SURVIVING IMAGE OF THE INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION. IT IS NOW IN A VAULT IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDIA IN NEW DELHI.
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