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A model where walls regulate tolls, taxes, and access to trade rather than primarily defending against war.
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A model where walls regulate tolls, taxes, and access to trade rather than primarily defending against war.
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"...suspect they are not engaged in warfare, why do they have walls? Why would, there are a lot of walls inside these cities. Why..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: the Indus Valley was a peaceful trade civilization whose lost religion may survive as the Indian nostalgia for oneness, false reality, and liberation without the gatekeeper.
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