The people of this Indus Valley civilization did not build massive monuments like their contemporaries, nor did they bury riches among their dead in golden tombs. There were no mummies, no emperors, and no violent wars or bloody battles in their territory.
enormity. n, pl-ties. 1. the quality or character of being outrageous; extreme wickedness. 2. an act of great wickedness; atrocity. 3. vastness of size or extent.
The outermost or farthest point or portion: at the extremity of the peninsula. 2. The greatest or utmost degree: the extremity of despair. 3. Grave danger, necessity, or distress: people in extremity. 4. An extreme or severe measure: had to resort to extremities in the crisis.