Climate change was the primary factor that drove people of the Indus Valley Civilisation also known as Harappan Civilisation away from the floodplains of the Indus, a new study has found.The study, conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) used under-sea fossil evidence, marine DNA which allowed researchers to pinpoint that climate change, in the form of an increase in winter monsoon resulted in the migration of people – leading to the decline of the ancient civilization.

Indus Valley Civilization

• The Indus Valley Civilization is a major civilization from 3300 BC to 1700 BC, among the ancient river valley civilizations of the world.
• It is also known as the Harappan civilization and the 'Indus-Saraswati civilization'.
• It was developed on the edge of Sindhu and Hukda (ancient Saraswati). Mohanjodaro, Kalibanga, Lothal, Dholavira, Rakhigadi and Harappa were its main centers. In December 2014, Bhiddana was considered as the oldest city ever discovered by the Indus Valley civilization.
• Statues of innumerable deities in Harappa and Mohenjodaro have been received. These idols are of Mother Goddess or Nature Goddess. The excavation here reveals the state of civilization in ancient times.

importamt decision

• According to the scientists, the intensity and feasibility of floods in Sindhu and its tributaries, which had a bad effect on the farm, had a bad effect on agriculture. Saraswati's waterway, Ghaggar-Hakra may have been dry only during that time. The destruction of Harappa civilization would have started only due to such changes in the climate.
• Scientists collected sediments from the continental margins of the Arabian Sea of ​​Pakistan, recreated the Indian winter monsoon climate of the last 6,000 years and checked marine fossils and sea DNA.
• The title of this study, conducted by an international group of scientists, was' Neigalcial Climate Enameles and Harappai Metamorphosis.