Decline of the Indus cities

Name: Decline of the Indus cities
Start: -1900
Location: Harappa

c. 1900 BC · Harappa · Asia · Nature

Harappa and Mohenjo-daro empty as people move east

Decline of the Indus cities — Wikimedia Commons

Around 1900 BC the great cities of the Indus valley began to empty, and their script and standard weights fell out of use. Weakening monsoons and drying rivers are the likely causes; people dispersed into villages further east, towards the Ganges plain and Gujarat.

State: Indus Valley Civilization

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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)

Europe

c. 1900 BC Palace of Knossos — same year