What were the ancient people of the Indus Valley called?
Paleolithic sites have been discovered in Pothohar, with the stone tools of the Soan Culture The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3000–1500 BCE, flourished 2600–1900 BCE), abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in western South Asia, primarily in the Indus valley, extending westward up to Balochistan (region), both of which are in modern Pakistan, but also extending eastward Ghaggar-Hakra river in western region of present Indian Union. The mature phase of this civilization is known as the Harappan Civilization, after the first of its cities to be excavated, Harappa.