Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Abstract

Paleoclimatic records of the Asian monsoon show a slow decline throughout the Holocene period, superimposed by abrupt, transient decreases lasting several centuries. For the event centered around 2200 BC (known as the " of 4.2 k BP "), it is possible to discern a geographical impact on a global scale, with a drop in precipitation for intertropical and subtropical latitudes and increases higher up the latitude.

The impact of the 4.2 k event has been studied for the area of Pakistan, where the Harappan civilization developed between 2600 and 1900 BC. Its vast territory stretched around the Indus River and its tributaries, as well as along the coast of the Arabian Sea, from the present-day border between Pakistan and Iran to India's Gujarat region.