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Cities emerge on the alluvial plain of the Indus River and its tributaries. At sites such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro (both in the modern nation of Pakistan), well-planned cities are erected on massive mud-brick platforms. Among the characteristic artifacts of this culture are square stamp seals, carnelian beads with bleached ("etched") geometric designs, an ideographic writing system (as yet undeciphered), and standardized cubical weights.
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