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When one thinks of the worlds first cities Sumer Memphis and Babylon are some of the first to come to mind but if the focus then shifts to India then Harappa and Mohenjodaro will likely come up These cities owe their existence to Indias oldest civilization known as the Indus Valley Civilization or the Harappan Civilization which was contemporary with ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt and had extensive contacts with the former making it one of the most important early civilizations in the world Spread out along the rivers of the Indus River Valley hundreds of settlements began forming around 3300 BCE eventually coalescing into a society that had all of the hallmarks of a true civilization including writing welldeveloped cities a complex social structure and longdistance trade