The correct answer is A) coastal access to the Arabian Sea.
Besides the closeness to the Indus River, the other geographical feature that might have influenced the choice to settle in this region was the coastal access to the Arabian Sea.
One of the anceint civilizations known to humans was the Indus Valley civilization. They settled in what today is the North of India and Pakistan. They are considered one of the oldest civilizations on Earth with the Sumerians and the Egyptian civilization.
The Indus Valley civilization settled in the banks of the Indus River approximately in the 5,500 BCE for the many benefits it had such as the fertile land to grow crops and the coastal access to the Arabian Sea.
The other options of the question were B) Coastal access to the Bay of Begal. C) proximity to the Tart Desert. D) proximity to Himalayan Mountains.
