Why Did the Ancient Indus Civilization Come To an Abrupt End?
Experts are puzzled by the rapid demise of the Indus civilization
9 min readApr 3, 2022
In 1922, archaeologist Rakhal Das Banerji discovered a Buddhist mound in the then-British-ruled Sindh province of India. Something about the monument didn’t seem quite right to him. A valuable piece of history was hiding beneath the mound.