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Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.

Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.
Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.
Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.
Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.
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Caracappa-Qubeck, Amy
Indian peninsula environmental history 4,500 years ago.
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11/02/2012
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 49, no. 3, pg. 34:
About 4,500 years ago (far left), river flooding allowed the Harappans to farm Indus Valley floodplains and build large cities. People living farther south on the Indian peninsula survived as hunter-gatherers. When the monsoons weakened (left), Indus valley agriculture failed and the Harappans left their cities. The peninsula became more arid, prompting the people there to settle in towns and become farmers.
(accompanying second panel is also in this set of images)
Illustration by Amy Caracappa-Qubeck
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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