Harappan Civilization: ca. 3000-1500 BC - 1 views
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The similarities in plan and construction between Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa indicate that they were part of a unified government with extreme organization. Both cities were constructed of the same type and shape of bricks. The two cities may have existed simultaneously and their sizes suggest that they served as capitals of their provinces.
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Shree B on 29 Sep 09Mohenjodaro and Harappa were a part of the same society, with the same basic structure
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The Harappan civilization experienced its height around 2500 BC and began to decline about 2000 BC. The causes of its downfall are not certain. One theory suggests that the Aryan people migrated into this area. Aryan religious texts and human remains in Mohenjo-Daro suggest that the Aryans may have violently entered the area, killing its inhabitants and burning the cities.
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But didn't Armesto say that the people died because of a slow decline in population, gradual impoverishment of material culture, and a relentless increase in disease? Where are they getting the story abput the Aryan's invading?
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The inhabitants of the Indus valley dispersed before the Aryans slowly entered the area as a nomadic people.
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That makes sense. The people left because the landscape was no longer inducive to agriculture. But then why would the nomads come to this region? They were probably following the animals, but why would the animals come to this infertile region?
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