HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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no known cause
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heavy flooding
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foreign invaders
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drought
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Some scholars believe that continuous flooding caused by the river Indus and its tributaries might have destroyed the Harappan civilization.It is also assumed that the drying up of the river Sarasvati by 1900 BC might have forced the Harappans to migrate eastwards towards the Gangetic plains.
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: -Law of Nature: Floods: Earthquakes: Change of the Course of the Indus: Plague: Foreign Invasion:
Detailed explanation-5: -Environmental changes such as drought, flooding etc. Crop failures and disease. Foreign invasions. Collapse of the trade networks.