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indus valley civilisation is the first civilisation in the world dating back to 5000 bc long before Egypt and mesoppotamia in 3500 and 3000 bc respectively.this civilisation was different from others by it's high advanced knowledge in metals,architecture and farming.evidences are there for indus valley civilisation people using bronze and copper coins as currencies for making statues and dolls for the first time in the world.when cities of egypt,mesopottamia,china,Greece,e.t.c were unplanned and were messed up,indus valley civilisation built the world's first planned cities(harappa and mohenjadaro) with perfect roads,lanes,streets using advanced grid system.they built houses with baked bricks with 2 and 3 storey building they had residences of chiefs and officials with 3 storey building.most of them were traders who had their own seal,the richest of them were cotton traders who also built houses with 3 floors.they set the world's first drainage system connecting even the smallest and the most cornered house of the city.they built great bath(swimming pool),residents of the city took bath in this in times of festivals or occasions,dirty water was taken away due to perfect drainage system.their language is most likely to be tamil but there are many variations in this and present tamil in their characters,grammar,e.t.c this language is not fully deciphered,archaeologists are still researching about this great civilisation.

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