印度河流域文明消亡的现代启示

印度河流域文明是世界最古老的文明之一,发展水平相当高,但却很快地消失了,而且几乎没对继之而起的另一个文明产生明显的影响.前人对其消失的原因做出多种解释,但都存在不足.造成这一文明消亡的最重要的原因有二一是人类对自然的过度开发,造成生态环境严重恶化,最终危及文明本身;二是上层建筑发展滞后于经济发展.这种教训对以可持续发展为主旋律的现代社会来说有重要的启示.

The Modern Implications of the Extinction of the Indian River Valley Civilization

The Indian River Valley civilization, one of the Four Ancient World Civilizations, had declined and finally extinguished. It contributed little to the succeeding civilization. Previous research on the subject suffered from the lack of enough evidence in making explanations. This paper holds that the extinction of the Indian River Valley civilization was caused by two important reasons. One is that overexploitation of the natural resources aggravated the ecological environment, which finally endangered the civilization. Another has much to do with its superstructure realm, which lagged far behind the economic development. Such a lesson still remains significant as to the present social development.