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bandrami • yesterday at 3:54 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

I think the argument is the Indus Valley civilization was dependent on international trade with the autocracies further west and collapsed when that network broke down


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senderista • yesterday at 2:42 PM

I don't understand your chronology. The LBAC was c.1200 BCE, while the Harappan collapse was c.1900 BCE IIRC.

pfdietz • yesterday at 11:02 AM

I think a local process involving drought is more plausible.