Scientists reveal how people looked like in Indus Valley Civilization

Scientists have generated a reportedly accurate facial representation of people from 8,000 years ago in Indus Valley Civilization. The archaeological remains of the earliest known civilization have been recovered from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan which helped the scientists to learn about their customs, architecture, clothing, ornaments. However, until recently, there were no discoveries about the facial structures of the people from the civilization of their facial structures after selecting two bodies from a total of 37 to direct the study on their faces.

How did the scientists do that?

The scientists took the first of its kind attempt to do the craniofacial reconstruction (CFR) procedure after investigating the Indus Valley Civilization's cemetery area of Rakhigarhi site currently in Hisar District in the state of Haryana in India. The procedure used computed tomography (CT) data from two skulls obtained from the site, they were also identified as A1 BR02 and A2 BR36. These two individuals from civilization were buried nearly 4,500 years ago. 

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Moreover, this attempt has also been successful in recognizing people from Indus. The study has also been published in Anatomical Science International journal by a team of 15 scientists and academics led by W J Lee and Vasant Shinde. Moreover, the study was supported in part by a grant from the National Geographic Society. In another success for archaeologists, the Afghan museum also restored Artifacts of Buddhist History which were destroyed in 2001. 

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Cautioned issued by researchers

After this breakthrough discovery, caution has reportedly been issued against the generic conclusions. The authors of the study have also said that a more enhanced investigation of graves and anthropological data is still required for a more comprehensive account of the subject. The reconstruction of facial expressions was achieved after several stages. So far, the idea of Indus people and their appearances were mainly based on portraits which were comparatively a poorly developed art form among the people of Indus Valley Civilization.

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(With agency inputs)