Flintlock
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According to some archaeologists over 500 Harappan sites have been discovered along the dried up river beds of the Ghaggar-Hakra River and its tributaries, in contrast to only about 100 along the Indus and its tributaries, consequently, in their opinion, the appellation Indus Ghaggar-Hakra civilisation or Indus-Saraswati civilisation is justified. However, these arguments are disputed by other archaeologists who state that the Ghaggar-Hakra desert area has been left untouched by settlements and agriculture since the end of the Indus period and hence shows more sites than found in the alluvium of the Indus valley; second, that the number of Harappan sites along the Ghaggar-Hakra river beds have been exaggerated and that the Ghaggar-Hakra, when it existed, was a tributary of the Indus, so the new nomenclature is redundant
So, according to these sources, the number of sites along the Ghaggar-Hakra river are more than the ones along Indus?
I am not disputing the name "Indus Valley Civilization". The name is of least significance and is just a term of convenience.
But the fact is that a huge chunk of sites have been found far away from the Indus riverbed, which needs to be taken into consideration while labeling it as solely the history of Pakistan.