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I think the argument is the Indus Valley civilization was dependent on international trade with the autocracies further west and collapsed when that network broke down

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I don't understand your chronology. The LBAC was c.1200 BCE, while the Harappan collapse was c.1900 BCE IIRC.

I think a local process involving drought is more plausible.

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