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Consider the following statements about Harappan Culture : 1. The Harappan Culture matured in Sind and Punjab. 2. It spread from there to Southwards and Eastwards. 3. The area, where it spread, was bigger than Egypt and Mesopotamia. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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The Harappan Culture reached its mature phase (c. 2600–1900 BCE) primarily in the core regions of Sindh and Punjab, where major urban centers like Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were established [3]. From this core, the civilization expanded southwards into Gujarat (sites like Lothal and Dholavira) and eastwards into the Saraswati basin and the Ganga-Yamuna doab [1]. Geographically, the Indus Valley Civilization was remarkably vast, covering approximately 1.3 million square kilometers. This extent was significantly larger than the contemporaneous civilizations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia [4]. The distribution of over 2,000 sites across modern-day Pakistan and northwest India confirms its status as the most extensive of the three earliest urban civilizations [4]. Therefore, all three statements regarding its maturation in Sindh/Punjab, its expansionary direction, and its comparative size are historically accurate.

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  1. [2] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART I, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 1: Bricks, Beads and Bones > Terminologies, Places and Time > p. 1
  2. [3] https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b06dbaa3-727a-4c57-a5f1-91a7700f671d/files/m0d5d9f2f5139f96cfe53ab232dc073c3
  3. [1] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART I, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 1: Bricks, Beads and Bones > Harappan Settlements > p. 2
  4. [4] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/indus-valley-civilization
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