Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c10.38

c10.38

Near Kashan, *Tepe Sialk* has already been mentioned for its earliest occupation, Sialk I, which may at least be chronologically, though not culturally, equivalent with Hassuna. Sialk II shows a development from the earliest culture and evidence of trade connexions with the Persian Gulf, and is contemporary with Halaf; and after this the site seems to have been temporarily abandoned, but reoccupied in early Ubaid times into the middle of the Uruk period, with a culture again developed out of the earlier phases seen on the site. But by the latter part of Sialk III a full Copper Age with cast tools is established, the architectural styles suggesting comparison (and perhaps contact) with Uruk and Uqair in the Uruk period. In Sialk IV there is actual Jemdet Nasr pottery (though not the well-known painted ware) and early inscribed tablets.