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Downfall of Indus valley civilization

harrapan decline

Previously, it was also believed that the decline of the Harappan civilization led to an interruption of urban life in the Indian subcontinent. However, the Indus Valley Civilization did not disappear suddenly, and many elements of the Indus Civilization can be found in later cultures.

Most popular reasons for decline

of indus valley civilization

Sir Mortimer Wheeler proposed that the decline of the Indus Civilization was caused by the invasion

decline

of an Indo-European tribe from Central Asia called the "Aryans".

Most scientists think

As evidence, he cited a group of 37 skeletons found in various parts of Mohenjo-Daro, and passages in the Vedas referring to battles and forts

decline of Indus valley

It has also been suggested that immigration by new peoples, deforestation, floods, or changes in the course of the river may have contributed to the collapse of the IVC.

civilizations were aryans

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