Theremains of the Indus valley civilisation cover an area of Pakistan andnorth-west India about a quarter the size of Europe.

印度河流域文明的遗址包括今天的巴基斯坦和西北部地区，大约是欧洲面积的四分之一。

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Dilmun, one of most important ancient civilisations of the region and said to date to the third millennium BC, was a hub on a major trading route between Mesopotamia - the world's oldest civilisation - and the Indus Valley in South Asia.

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