CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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When did the Indus Valley civilization decline?
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around 800 B.C.E.
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around 1600 B.C.E.
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around 1800 B.C.E.
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around 16, 000 B.C.E.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By around 1700 BCE, most of the Indus Valley Civilization cities had been abandoned.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Around 2500 BCE, civilization in the Indus River Valley began to decline as people migrated eastward to the Himalayan foothills. Here, they shifted from a civilization composed of large cities to one of mostly small farming villages (map below). By 1800 BCE, most Harappan cities were almost completely abandoned.
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