Sustainability of Nature and Civilization

Given the discussion on Mesopotamia versus the Mohenjo-Daro, and the Laws of Manu, how does a society sustain itself for the longest amount of time possible?

The Laws of Manu consist of strict laws by which the Hindus civilization lived accordingly to, all having a central theme of sustaining, protecting, and thriving the environment which surrounded them. Their civilization and structures which governs it ideally represents how a society must fulfill  all of the lower level of the hierarchy of needs in order to prosper in a societal place. Being such a complex and knowledgeable society, the Hindus people obtained their air, food, water and shelter from their environment around them in such abundance and quite simply, considering the astounding relationship they held with the natural resources and natures all around them. It is almost inconceivable to understand how the Hindus people understood the capacity and importance of how their society functioned and what they did every day. But, because their environment was the basis of their society, they were able to build up upon the hierarchy of needs and establish a working culture, including elements like religions, government, and law/punishment systems. The Hindus society and population has come a far way from environmentalism related laws and simple living styles, or since the textbook spoke of; Hinduism is a decently large practice today, meaning that this culture and peoples have sustained themselves from 200 CE to 2011 CE--that’s a long time. I think that this particular society was able to sustain themselves because they had a foundational relationship with their environment, therefore they worked together with nature, and naturally made it through most of modern history. Without the essential relationship and regulations they established (concerning the environment), there is a slim chance that the Hindus’ practices would have survived. I believe that societies like the Hindus was able to sustain themselves for an enormous and expansive amount of time whereas societies like Mesopotamia and Mohenjo-Daro because they were adaptive and allowed the environment to rely on them when other civilizations relied on the environment. Because of the Hindus remarkable relation and ability to apply nature into their daily life and foundational practices allowed them to adapt to whatever environment might envelope them--other societies were set in one location, and founded everything (if anything) on their surrounding environment; if something were to happen to it, or they were forced to move, they would not be able to adapt to a new surrounding because they previously developed an entire lifestyle off of one environment. Basically, it would have been too much of a change and the society would collapse and get lost in the midst of all of the adjustments. The Laws of Manu was the core of the Hindus civilization, and because it allowed the population to maintain such a natural and prospering lifestyle all according with the environment, it stuck with the environment and was carried along with wherever direction nature was headed in, allowing it to sustain itself to this day.