Question

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list five reason that could have caused decline in Indus valley civilization

Answer 1

a.There is evidence that by c. 1800 BCE most of the Mature Harappan sites had been abandoned. Simultaneously, there wasan expansion of population into new settlements in Gujarat, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

b. Distinctive artefacts of the civilisation- weights, seals, special beads, Writing, long-distance trade, and craft specialization disappeared after 1800 BCE. House construction techniques deteriorated and large public structures were no longer produced.

c. Overall disappearance of artefacts and settlements indicates a rural way of life in what is called Vedic culture or vedic civilisation began.

d. Several explanations have been put forward. These range from climatic change, deforestation,excessive floods, the shifting and/or drying up of rivers, to overuse of the landscape.

e. Some of these“causes” may hold for certain settlements, but theydo not explain the collapse of the entire civilisation. It appears that a strong unifying element, perhaps the Harappan state, came to an end.