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History of India: ancient and medieval / Prehistory and the Indus civilisation

Chalcolithic cultures, copper hoards and megaliths

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Concepts to cover

  1. Regional Chalcolithic cultures: Ahar-Banas, Kayatha, Malwa, Jorwe (Inamgaon, Daimabad)
  2. Copper hoards and Ochre Coloured Pottery of the Ganga-Yamuna doab; Ganeshwar copper artefacts
  3. Megalithic burial cultures of peninsular India (Adichanallur, Brahmagiri, Mangadu in Kerala) and early iron
  4. Pottery as a period marker: OCP, Black-and-Red Ware, Painted Grey Ware, Northern Black Polished Ware
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