the bronze-age culture of the Indus valley that flourished from about 2600-1750 BC
a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
a particular society at a particular time and place
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
