Map of Ancient Mehrgarh west of the Indus River Valley, in Balochistan, Pakistan. Mehrgarh predates the Indus Valley Civilization and may have influenced it. The earliest site is in the N.E. corner, a Neolithic and aceramic small farming and herding village made by semi-nomadic people dated to between 7000 BCE to 5500 BCE. For the first time a continuous sequence of dwelling-sites has been established from 7000 BCE to 500 BCE.