UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1986 · Q2 · 60 marks
‘On circumstantial evidence Indra stands convicted’. Explain, and discuss briefly different views about a sudden end of the Indus Valley civilization. How would you explain the presence of those elements in Indian culture and civilization which are found to have existed in the Indus Valley period?
- Chapter
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Topic
- Decline of the Harappan Civilization
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