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Study: Climate change is not responsible

KOLKATA: Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the Harappans “did not give up” despite the decline in the monsoon.



Kolkata, May 30

Climate change was probably not the sole cause for the collapse of the Harappan civilisation in the Indus-Ghaggar-Hakra river valleys, say Indian scientists in a breakthrough study, highlighting that the the Harappans “did not give up” despite the decline in the monsoon. The recent research by a team of researchers from IIT-Kharagpur, Institute of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, Physical Research Laboratory and ASI shows the civilization was much older than thought. — IANS

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