Archaeology & Prehistory
Painted Grey Ware culture
c. 1200-600 BCEIron Age Ganga-plain communitiesHastinapur, Ahichchhatra, AtranjikheraPan-Indian / unspecified
1,200 BCE
Fine grey pottery painted in black, associated with early iron, rice and growing settlements.
- Dated
- 1,200–600 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 1200-600 BCE
- Originator
- Iron Age Ganga-plain communities
- Source text
- Hastinapur, Ahichchhatra, Atranjikhera
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Its link to specific Vedic texts or peoples is debated.
Path to modern innovation
The archaeological marker of the later Vedic era.
Transmission
Precursor to the Ganga-valley 'second urbanisation'.
References
- 1B. B. Lal
- 2Allchin & Allchin
Further reading
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