The Bronze Age collapse significantly impacted the civilization and trade networks of India
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Multiple studies demonstrate that the Bronze Age collapse of the Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization was significantly impacted by environmental and climatic shifts, leading to changes in trade, settlement patterns, and agricultural strategies.
Evidence for · 4
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization.
2012 · cited by 27
Indicates that the Bronze Age Harappan civilization experienced significant urban decline and settlement shifts due to hydroclimatic stress and weakening monsoons.
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More for · 3
The Indian monsoon variability and civilization changes in the Indian subcontinent.
2017 · cited by 20
Shows that significant shifts in Indian monsoon rainfall coincided with major sociopolitical developments and civilization changes in the Indus Valley.
Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization.
2016 · cited by 15
Demonstrates that the decline of the Bronze Age Harappan civilization was tied to regional climate change and subsequent shifts in agricultural subsistence strategies.
'Multi-cropping', Intercropping and Adaptation to Variable Environments in Indus South Asia.
2017 · cited by 9
Examines how Indus populations adapted their agricultural strategies, including multi-cropping, in response to environmental and climatic changes during the Bronze Age.