Archaeology & Prehistory
Chanhudaro: an industrial town
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus Valley CivilisationChanhudaro (Sindh)Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
2,600 BCE
A craft-and-manufacturing settlement (beads, seals, bangles) - notably the only major site without a citadel.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Source text
- Chanhudaro (Sindh)
- Region
- Indus / NW (now Pakistan/Afghanistan)
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
A specialised production centre.
Fair to say
Site-function inferred from artefacts.
Path to modern innovation
Shows craft specialisation in the Indus economy.
Transmission
Excavated in the 1930s.
References
- 1Mackay
- 2ASI reports
Further reading
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