INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Indus civilization was the largest-but least known-of the first great urban cultures that also included Egypt and Mesopotamia. Named for one of their largest cities, the Harappans relied on river floods to fuel their agricultural surpluses.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the floods have affected more than 33 million people and destroyed or damaged more than 1 million houses. At least 1, 100 people were killed by floodwaters that inundated tens of thousands of square kilometers of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first civilization developed in the Indus Valley because the Indus river system brings a steady source of irrigation water to the Indus Valley that made farming in this otherwise dry region possible. Regular river flooding also deposited fertile soil that was good for crops.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why was flooding both bad and good in ancient India? Flooding in ancient India was bad because flooding could ruin crops, drown livestock and people, and destroy villages. Yet these floods deposited fresh silt on the land, making the soil more fertile for crops.