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Questions (and theories) concerning the decline, death, and possible migration of the ancient Indus Valley peoples.

24. Do we have any evidence of a migration from the Indus to South India?

Iravatham Mahadevan
Richard H. Meadow

If we assume that some migration did take place from Indus valley to South India sometime around 2000 BC or so, then it could have been through the sea. Could it not be possible to get some remnants of ship break or some marine fossils to substantiate this fact? Submitted by Prakash

17. What is your considered opinion on how and why the Indus valley civilization came to an end?

Jane McIntosh
Richard H. Meadow
Shereen Ratnagar
Rita P. Wright

Submitted by Manzoor

Jane McIntosh
I don't think that there was a single cause of the Indus civilization's end; rather it was the cumulative effect of a number of factors:

1. What happened after 1800 BCE?

Asko Parpola

I would like to draw some comments about the nature of the transformation that took place after 1800 BC, the spread of the Harappan culture over different parts of the subcontinent and their linkages with some of the Megalithic cultures of South India, non-Harappan Chalcolithic cultures and Vedic cultures. Submittted by Narottam Vinit

7. How does the decline of the civilization relate to food and housing?

Rita P. Wright

I would like to know if the valley was green and fertile at that time... and if the cultivation of sugar cane, a highly aggressive culture, and the use of timber to construct led to environmental degradation of the area which then became dry and hostile.

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