SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -1800-1500 BC) The Indus Valley Civilization may have met its demise due to invasion. According to one theory by British archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler, a nomadic, Indo-European tribe, called the Aryans, suddenly overwhelmed and conquered the Indus River Valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -The IVC declined around 1800 BCE but the actual reasons behind its demise are still debated. One theory claims that Indo-European tribe i.e. Aryans invaded and conquered the IVC. In later cultures various elements of the IVC are found which suggest that civilization did not disappear suddenly due to an invasion.