thrived continuously from 1800 BCE to the time of the invasion of Alexander the Great in 325 BCE. In the aftermath of the Indus civilisation's localisation, regional cultures emerged, to varying degrees showing the influence of the Indus civilisation. In the formerly great city of Harappa, burials have been found that correspond to a regional culture called the Cemetery H culture. At the same time, the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture expanded from Rajasthan into the Gangetic Plain. The Cemetery H culture has the earliest evidence for cremation; a practice dominant in Hinduism today. The inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilisation migrated from the river valleys of Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra, towards the Himalayan foothills of the Ganga-Yamuna basin. See also Cradle of civilization History of Hinduism History of Afghanistan History of India History of Pakistan List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilisation Religion of the Indus Valley Civilization Notes References Bibliography * * Archaeological Survey of India * * * * * * * * * (50th ICES Tokyo Session) * * Singh, Kavita, "The Museum Is National", Chapter 4 in: Mathur, Saloni and Singh, Kavita (eds), No Touching, No Spitting, No Praying: The Museum in South Asia, 2015, Routledge, PDF on academia.edu (nb this is different to the article by the same author with the same title in India International Centre Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, 2002, pp. 176–196, JSTOR, which does not mention the IVC objects) * * Further reading * External links Harappa and Indus Valley Civilization at harappa.com Ancient Hinduism Bronze Age Asia Prehistoric India Prehistoric Pakistan Prehistoric Afghanistan Bronze Age civilizations Cradle of civilization States and territories established in the 4th millennium BC States and territories disestablished in the 16th century BC History of Sindh History of South Asia