Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c11.96

c11.96

We shall return to the Harappā Culture elements in South Baluchistan when dealing with this culture and its colonies in a later chapter; for the present we may notice that distinctive pottery appears at three sites - at Sutkagen-dor, which appears to be a settlement of the Harappā Culture practically unmixed with any local features, at Mehi, and to a lesser extent Kulli. The pottery is not only mixed with actual Kulli-style painted sherds, but the adaptations of Kulli decorative schemes appear on vessels whose shapes are those of Harappā, notably the ‘offering-stands’ or footed plates, and there is more than a suspicion of influences from the Indus Valley on the ornamentation of certain sherds. In the discussion of Kulli ware below, Harappā elements in the pottery collected by Stein are referred to only in so far as they combine to form genuine hybrids with the local ware.