The vestiges of what many believe to be a lost, ancient civilisation have been discovered off the coast of western India. Announcing the discovery on 19 May 2001, India’s then science and technology minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, said that the ruins belonged to an ancient civilisation. The Indus Valley civilisation flourished in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent between c.7000 and c.600 BCE. “Initially, when the sidescan sonar images of underwater structures were shown, some called it a magic of computer software,” Badrinaryan recalled. “Where and how this civilisation vanished.”This article was originally published on April 10, 2024Why not read...