Dholavira
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Was a city-state in modern-day Gujarat, part of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Establishment
January 2649 BC: Dholavira, a city-state of the Indus Valley Civilization, was occupied from c. 2650 BC. Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India, which has taken its name from a modern-day village 1 kilometre south of it.
Chronology
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Disestablishment
January 1799 BC: The city-state ceased to exist because it was abandoned. By 1800 BC, most of the cities of the Indus Valley Civilization had been completely abandoned. People migrated eastward to the Himalayan foothills. Here, they shifted from a civilization composed of large cities to one of mostly small farming villages
Selected Sources
Decline of the Indus River Valley Civilization (c. 3300-1300 BCE). Science Smith. Retrieved on 1 April 2024 on https://www.science.smith.edu/climatelit/decline-of-the-indus-river-valley-civilization-c-3300-1300-bce/
Possehl, Gregory L. (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective. Rowman Altamira. pp. 17 and 67
