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Decline of the Indus civilization
The decline of the Indus civilization, also called the Harappan civilization, was the end of Mature Harappan urbanism after about 1900 BC, when its cities were abandoned.
Desiccation of the Ghaggar-Hakra river system
The desiccation of the Ghaggar-Hakra river system, also called the Sarasvati river desiccation, is the drying of a once-large river in north-west India and Pakistan.
Discovery of the Indus script
The discovery of the Indus script was John Marshall's 1924 announcement that seals from Harappa and Mohenjo-daro bore legends in an unknown script, revealing a lost civilization.
Establishment of the Indus colony at Shortugai
Shortugai was a Harappan trading and processing outpost on the Amu Darya in Takhar province, northern Afghanistan, founded by Indus-valley colonists and abandoned around the mid-2nd millennium BC.
Indus migration eastward
The Indus migration eastward was the relocation of Late Harappan settlement from the Indus plains toward the Yamuna, Ghaggar-Hakra, and Ganga plains around 1900–1300 BCE.
Indus–Mesopotamia relations
Indus–Mesopotamia relations were the maritime trade network of the later third millennium BC linking the Indus civilization, called Meluhha in cuneiform texts, with Mesopotamia through Dilmun and Magan.