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PLATE 8. Harappā 1946: Clay figurines Burials which can be referred to RG III have been found at Sur Jangal, Periano Ghundai and Moghul Ghundai. At the first site a cemetery of about twenty small cairns was identified 60-70 yards away from the settlement, covering deposits of cremated bones associated with typical RG III potsherds and in one instance a flint blade, lying on the old ground surface. Somewhat similar cairns near Moghul Ghundai may also go back to this period, though the one or two dug into by Stein produced evidence of a late date, contemporary with the ‘B’ Cemetery at Sialk; but at this site and at Periano Ghundai cremation burials were found in pots, one at least under the floor of a room and another by a wall, accompanied by smaller ancillary vessels. The subsequent occupation-levels on the type site will be discussed in Chapter VI.