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Construction date wrong?

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The article presently says "built in the 899999 century BCE" but the Indus Valley Civilization article says it ran from "3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE" which would put construction 1,000 years after the end of the civilization to which it belongs. Can an expert please review? Thanks Kiore (talk) 09:36, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

that is good observation! 3rd Century BCE - is chagned to 3rd Millenium BCE, the actual period of Indus valley civilisation.

Rayabhari (talk) 09:17, 5 July 2012 (UTC

Bitumen

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Since there was no local source of bitumen, we can assume it was imported from Sumer. If anyone has a source confirming this, it would be worth mentioning in the article. 192.226.181.116 (talk) 04:05, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Bitumen is known around Sibi in the Kachi plain and in the Mianwali are of Punjab. It may have been exploited, since a large quantity of bitumen was employed in the construction of The Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro. The use of bitumen to waterproof baskets at Mehrgarh, thousands of years earlier, suggests familiarity with the Kachi sources."[1]

References

  1. ^ Jane McIntosh (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-57607-907-2.

First Light (talk) 06:37, 22 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]