Due to the presence of a large number of dead bodies, the Mohenjo-daro ruins in the other world are also known as the "Hill of the Dead." In that world, the destruction of this ancient city is also an unsolved mystery.
The reason it became an unsolved mystery is primarily that the city was first excavated in the 1920s, and the technological limitations of that era led to the complete loss of much important information.
For example, it was difficult to preserve organic materials from the relics at that time, so they were unable to determine the cause of death for the human remains found.
However, things have changed now. With advances in technology, these types of problems have become much easier to resolve. For instance, they can now fully preserve the excavated bones and find clues from them.
Based on the clues found so far, many people here died from violent killings. This means that there was indeed a large-scale war in the city at that time, which resulted in a massive number of deaths.
On the other hand, the traces of flooding within the city are also very apparent. In many places, especially near the river, there are clear signs of flooding and water erosion.
However, after taking multiple samples throughout the city, the archaeological team can confirm one thing: the deaths of a large number of people after the invasion and the occurrence of the massive flood are not in the same geological layer.
Based on current archaeological evidence, the large-scale deaths occurred earlier than the flood, but the two events are separated by no more than ten years.
At the same time, through aerial remote sensing, Liang En and his team have basically confirmed that besides this city, there were a series of supporting facilities in the surrounding areas, the most important of which were undoubtedly the water conservancy projects along the riverbank.
Living by the river has various benefits, especially for agricultural societies where sufficient irrigation and a reliable water source are essential.
Moreover, in the middle and lower reaches of a river, there are often fertile alluvial plains that are excellent for both farming and grazing, capable of sustaining a large population.
However, there are also drawbacks, such as the risk of floods washing away a year’s harvest, especially for a seasonal river like the Indus.
Therefore, for long-term habitation in such places, maintaining water conservancy projects becomes essential; otherwise, it would be impossible to form a significant settlement.
This is also a common feature of ancient civilizations. For instance, the earliest civilizations, whether in Mesopotamia or ancient Egypt, all had large-scale water conservancy projects.
It can even be said that these countries became the earliest civilizations because they needed to build various water conservancy projects.
This is, in fact, a necessity. To feed a large population, more farmland is required. Only when the amount of farmland reaches a certain level does it make sense to invest in constructing water conservancy projects.
Furthermore, building large-scale water conservancy projects naturally requires a large number of people to be mobilized in an orderly manner, which clearly exceeds the manpower limits of those ancient tribes.
So, under such a demand, the earliest states were formed, marking the beginning of modern civilization. The ancient Indian city-state in front of them was no exception.
Over time, the Indus River changed its course, and the original riverbed dried up. This was undoubtedly good news for Liang En and the other archaeologists, as they could easily examine the conditions along the river.
After an inspection, they found that the ancient water conservancy facilities were severely damaged overall. Initially, these archaeologists believed the damage was caused by modern events, but they later discovered that the damage was distributed throughout history.
"Mr. Liang, this is our final investigation report," a professor from the University of Peshawar approached Liang En and said. After this period of inspection, they had gained a preliminary understanding of the water conservancy projects associated with the Mohenjo-daro ruins.
Especially after Liang En proposed the cause of the damage to the ruins, they specifically checked some relevant information during their inspection and indeed found some evidence supporting Liang En's theory.
"According to our investigation, the entire water conservancy system was destroyed and rebuilt several times. However, based on the traces, the damage mainly came from floods."
"But after the last flood, the residents of the ruins at that time were unable to rebuild, and since then, the entire water conservancy system has remained in ruins until today."
"And according to our investigation, the last damage to the water conservancy system occurred during the same period as the large-scale massacre found in the city ruins, so your judgment is entirely correct."
Liang En had previously believed that the destruction of the ruins was caused by multiple factors, and now it seems that this is indeed the case. Based on the existing clues, Liang En quickly outlined the reasons for the city's destruction:
Back then, when the Aryans launched a massive eastward invasion, they met strong resistance in northern China but achieved significant success in the south, occupying the entire northern part of India.
Although Mohenjo-daro, located in the lower reaches of the Indus River, strengthened its defenses after learning of the northern attacks, it still could not withstand the Aryans' fierce assault.
However, as victors, the Aryans, despite their pillaging and plundering in the city, probably did not kill everyone. More importantly, after the looting ended, these nomads left the city with their spoils without staying.
After all, unlike in modern times, there were not many advanced reconnaissance methods in ancient times, so most marauders would not spend too much effort on chasing down fleeing survivors outside of human settlements.
Because if they wanted to find every person, the time, energy, and resources consumed would far exceed what they could gain. Therefore, even in ancient times, looting mostly targeted fixed places like cities or villages.
As for the ordinary people scattered in the wilderness with little money, as long as they didn't run into the attackers, they were likely to survive, and the chance of being killed outright was low.
But this didn't mean they could safely endure the looting, because after leaving their homes, they wouldn't be able to meet their resource needs, and most of them would likely die on the way to refuge.
Therefore, for these people, leaving their homes was only to avoid the enemy’s edge; it was impossible for them to easily abandon their homeland.
So, after the looting ended, the survivors of the city returned to their homeland to continue their lives, especially those from the surrounding villages who mostly survived and quickly resumed their previous lives on this land.
However, what they didn't expect was that since the original organizers had all died in the last attack, the original organization no longer existed.
This directly led to them being unable to repair the destroyed water conservancy facilities when another flood came, forcing them to abandon their homeland, which could no longer sustain them.
In the millennia that followed, the ruins were completely destroyed and buried in time, until they were rediscovered and excavated today.
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