CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A destructive earthquake happened.
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No one is sure what happened.
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They ran out of food.
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The river changed course.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Climate changes and geographic changes such as the drying of rivers have caused the end of the Harappan civilisation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many scholars believe that the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilization was caused by climate change. Some experts believe the drying of the Saraswati River, which began around 1900 BCE, was the main cause for climate change, while others conclude that a great flood struck the area.
Detailed explanation-3: -After 1900 BCE, a rural way of life what was known as ‘Late Harappan’ or ‘successor cultures’ emerged. The reasons for the end of the civilisation range from climatic change, deforestation, excessive floods, the shifting and drying up of rivers and to overuse of the landscape.
Detailed explanation-4: -Earthquakes and other epidemics could have been the cause for the abrupt end of the civilisation.