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Question
What discoveries proved that India had a 4,500-year-old urban civilization?
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Solution
The excavations carried out at various sites prove that around 4,500 years ago highly civilized people lived in this region and gave to the world its earliest cities, its first town planning, its first architecture in stone and clay and its first example of sanitary engineering and drainage system.
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