Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c12.19

c12.19

∗ As already mentioned on p. 53, the excavation reports on Mohenjo-daro and Harappā use an extraordinary notation in distinguishing the successive phases (true stratigraphy was not recorded). There are three main ‘periods,’ Early, Intermediate and Late, each divided into three but with the subdivisions numbered in *reverse* order, so that ‘Early Period Phase I’ is followed by ‘Intermediate Period Phase III.’ This impossible system is ignored in the following account.