In research published in the International Journal of Paleopathology shows dark side of the Indus civilization. Local people are thought to have used to the culture of violence.

It is based on an examination of 18 human skeletons who lived in Harappa Indus - one of the most influential centers in the Indus cities. Framework studied from 1900 to 1700 BC.

This is one of the skulls of children aged between four to six years, which broke out and destroyed by the body as a weapon. One adult female skull also shows the former great blow with great force. While the skull middle-aged man has a broken nose and broken on the forehead caused a sharp-pointed object.

It said Gwen Robbins Schug as research actors from Appalachian State University, USA, the present invention subvert the myth of a peaceful life in the Indus.

"Violence is part of life in Harappa," Schug said that doing research with graduate students, Kelsey Gray, and Veena Mushrif-Tripathy from Deccan College, India.

The study concluded peace in the Indus will be published in May 2013 in the Journal of Archaeological Science. Said study leader this journal, Mark Kenoyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, Harappa is the location of the meeting point.

Many villagers were moved to the Harappa and be the first evidence of human migration from rural areas to cities. Kenoyer and his colleagues have concluded that the Harappan system in which women have a more powerful role than the boys.