A very good detailed analyis of Mergarh, Mohenjo-Daro [1], city of the Indus Valley. Which starts it's life at aproximately 7000 BCE.
Thus Predating the later Indus Valley Civilization by a number of millennium by Michael Jansen, PhD.
The discovery of Mergarh Harrapan was relatively knew, a quote from the research article :
"The Harappan civilization, the world’s fourth great civilization after those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and
China flourished in the valley of the Indus three thousand years ago" [end citation]
"..the largest city in the Indus valley area, revealing the emergence of techniques in architecture - mainly terrace construction - and in the crafts and farming which were used later in the Harappan cities. But the 3rd millennium BC is also marked by increasing contact and trade between the Indus Valley, Baluchistan, the countries of the Persian Gulf, eastern Iran, and Central Asia: from 2500 BC Mesopotamian texts refer to the importance of trade with eastern regions such as Dilmun (the Persian Gulf) and Meluhha (almost certainly the Indus Valley)" [end citation]
Link:
[1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0160932785900729
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