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Monsoon decline caused rise and fall of Harappan civilisation, say scientists [1]

Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences to submit paper

Why did the Harappan civilisation, which flourished for hundreds of years and once extended across a vast area from northwestern India and across Pakistan, suddenly go into a terminal decline some 4,000 years ago and wither away? Like their script that has remained indecipherable, the question what caused a sophisticated urban culture, capable of great feats of town planning and which had established a trading network that extended across the Middle East, to suddenly collapse is one that has aroused much scholarly debate and writing.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2012
N. Gopal Raj [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
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Monsoons [4], National Academy of Sciences [5], Rainfall [6], India [7], Floods [8], Rivers [9], Urbanisation [10], Irrigation [11], Agriculture [12], Ghaggar [13], Thar Desert [14], Himalaya [15], Pakistan [16], Climate Impacts [17], Climate Change [18]

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