[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950) › c11.4 # Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.4 Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.4 - **Language:** English ### [c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11.4) Around Kalat the mountains narrow to less than a hundred miles from east to west – from the desert of Upper Sind around Jacobabad to the high plateau above the 3,000-feet contour stretching from beyond the Pishin Lora River to Sistan and the Helmund Oasis - and the peaks rise to over 10,000 feet at Koh-i-Maran. The modern Quetta, an oriental Camberley, sprawls unlovely by the side of the ancient caravan town at the head of the great Bolan Pass, linking Kandahar to the Indian Plains; a wide, fertile valley between the mountains where in spring the fruit-blossom rivals in its brightness the snows still lingering on the heights. - [Previous: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11.3) - [Next: c11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11.5) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c11.4) · Pramāṇa