Pakistan · c. 3300–1300 BCE
Harappa
The first Indus city to be excavated — and the reason the whole civilization is often called “Harappan”.
Bronze Age
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Pakistan · rebuilt from 1566 CE
Lahore Fort
Mughal palaces, mirror-work halls and a tiled picture wall in the heart of old Lahore.
Early Modern
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Pakistan · c. 7000–2500 BCE
Mehrgarh
A Neolithic village where people grew barley and herded cattle thousands of years before the Indus cities.
Prehistoric
Pakistan · c. 2500 BCE
Mohenjo-daro
The planned city of the Indus — grid streets, covered drains, a great bath, and no palace in sight.
Bronze Age
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Pakistan · c. 6th c. BCE – 5th c. CE
Taxila
Three successive cities and dozens of Buddhist monasteries at a crossroads of empires.
Classical
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