Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.18

c11.18

As we have seen in the preceding chapter, it has been possible to make a broad classification of the prehistoric cultures in Persia on the grounds of the techniques employed in pottery-painting - in the south Buff-ware and in the north Red-ware. In Baluchistan we can observe a similar distinction, with Buff Wares in the south and Red Wares in the north. In addition, models of human figures in clay, known from both north and south, differ in character. Within the Buff-ware province of South Baluchistan and Sind other subdivisions must, I think, be made, and using names taken from sites where the culture can be well identified, we can then make a scheme of grouping as follows (Fig. 2):