Harappan

[ huh-rap-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Harappa, especially the Bronze Age culture of the Indus valley civilization.

Harappan

/ həˈræpən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Harappa (an ancient city in the Punjab) or its inhabitants

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Harappa

Word History and Origins

Origin of Harappan¹

Harapp(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Also known as the Harappan civilisation, named after its first city, this society - which included austere farmers and traders who lived in walled, baked-brick cities - rose to prominence some 5,300 years ago in what is now north-west India and Pakistan.

From BBC

He says that seals of the Harappan civilisation - one of the oldest civilisations in human history that flourished in the Indian subcontinent - also depict the close relationship man shared with animals.

From BBC

Now, for the first time, scientists have analyzed the genome of an ancient Harappan.

From Science Magazine

Knowing that the Indus civilization traded with those regions, and that those 11 individuals had little in common genetically with others buried in their regions, Reich and colleagues concluded they were likely Harappan migrants.

From Science Magazine

It is alternatively known as the Harappan civilization, after the first of its sites to be excavated in Punjab province in Pakistan beginning in the 1820s.

From Science Magazine