Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c12.193

c12.193

In Sumer there is no absolutely clear evidence of Harappā contact until Akkadian times - that is, from 2300 to 2000 B.C. or a little later. In deposits of this period, however, a number of typical Harappā engraved seals have been found, and one sealing which shows on its back the imprint of coarse cloth. The seals (and other pieces of evidence, such as pieces of typical Harappā inlay-work, a die with the peculiar Harappā system of ‘spots’, and a scratched representation of a humped bull) suggest Harappā merchants established in Sumerian cities and engaged in a trade which may well have included cotton goods. How long this trade relationship continued is a little uncertain, but it seems likely to have ceased soon after 2000 B.C.