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The Vedic Dark Ages
“Vedic Dark Ages” is a term used to describe the period of great upheaval,as well as cultural and economic deterioration that took place on the Indian sub-continent,during the period of 1500 BCE - 500 BCE.The Indus Valley Civilization (also known as Harrapan culture) marked a period of wealth and prosperity in Indian history. Noted developments include the development of yoga, the erection of ziggurats and the discovery of zero. All these inventions were later appropriated by the Aryan priests. The golden Harappan age came to an abrupt and violent end when hordes of barbarians swept into India in ca. 1500 BC through the Khyber Pass. The Indus irrigation system was shattered to permanently destroy agriculture in the region in the first recorded instance of ecological warfare.

Casualty Estimated 5 million The areal extent of the Indus Valley civilization exceeded that of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian put together. The population of Egypt in the 2nd millenium BC is put at 2-3 million .The Mesopotamian was of similar magnitude, and hence the total population of the Indus Valley was likely to have been 5-6 million. This is the lower limit to the casualty estimate for the First Sudra Holocaust only, for the overwhelming bulk of this population was slaughtered in battle or during the mass burning of the Indus cities.This included the destruction of the Harrapan Cities and flooding of the Indus dam system.The population of Mohenjo-daro was estimated by Lambrick at 35000 and that of Harappa as being similar, while Fairservis gave estimates of 41250 for Mohenjodaro and 23500 for Harappa