The Harappan society was probably divided according to occupations and this also suggests the existence
of an organized government.
The figures of deities on seals indicate that the
Harappans worshipped gods and goddesses in
male and female forms and has also evolved some
rituals and ceremonies.
No monumental sculpture survives, but a large number of human figurines
have been discovered, including a steatite bust of a
man thought to be a priest, and a striking bronze
dancing girl. Countless terra-cotta statues of Mother
Goddess have been discovered suggesting that she
was worshipped in nearly every home.
By about 1700 BC, the Harappan culture was on the
decline, due to repeated flooding of towns located
on the river banks and due to ecological changes
which forced agriculture to yield to the spreading
desert.
Some historians do not rule out invasions by
barbarian tribes of the northwest as the cause of the decline of the Harappan civilisation. When the
initial migrations of the Aryan people into India
began about 1500 BC, the developed Harappan
culture had already been practically wiped out.
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