The Indus Civilization c4.27

c4.27

Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were both finally deserted at about the same time, the abandonment of the latter being due, apparently, to the shifting of the course of the River Ravi, upon the banks of which it once stood. It is not known what finally forced the inhabitants of Mohenjo-daro to leave it, although it is possible that a third great flood was the determining factor. Whatever the cause of its ultimate abandonment, the city lay in ruins until the first or second century A.D., when, as we have seen, a small part of it was temporarily occupied by a people of alien race and creed.