Multiple choice

Rich soil to grow wheat, parley, and peas in the Indus Valley resulted from

  1. the annual flooding of the Indus River

  2. proximity to the Arabian Sea

  3. a sophisticated irrigation system

  4. importing soil from the Deccan Plateau

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Explanation

Like other river valley civilizations, the Indus Valley relied on the annual flooding of the Indus River to deposit nutrient-rich silt, which made farming highly productive.