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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Nov 29, 2025, 06:56 PM

Title: Why the Indus Valley civilisation collapsed
Post by: Imperial Dave on Nov 29, 2025, 06:56 PM
https://indianexpress-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/indianexpress.com/article/technology/science/researchers-finally-cracked-why-the-indus-valley-civilisation-collapsed-10391600/lite/?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17644424592628&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Ftechnology%2Fscience%2Fresearchers-finally-cracked-why-the-indus-valley-civilisation-collapsed-10391600%2F

A possible explanation
Title: Re: Why the Indus Valley civilisation collapsed
Post by: Jim Webster on Nov 30, 2025, 06:41 AM
People forget just how dependent agriculture (and therefore their survival) is on water
Title: Re: Why the Indus Valley civilisation collapsed
Post by: Imperial Dave on Nov 30, 2025, 07:37 AM
Huge effect and often overlooked from discussions
Title: Re: Why the Indus Valley civilisation collapsed
Post by: Nick Harbud on Nov 30, 2025, 10:22 AM
One can just imagine how people simply gave up and moved away once they were unable to flush their toilets...

 :-\
Title: Re: Why the Indus Valley civilisation collapsed
Post by: Imperial Dave on Nov 30, 2025, 10:53 AM
Or wash their chariots on a Sunday