[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) › c8.17 # Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c8.17 Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c8.17 - **Language:** English ### [c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8.17) One other major excavation was undertaken in a north-west Indian prehistoric site – that of the town of Chanhu-daro in Sind, which was dug by the late Ernest Mackay, who had been in charge of the later excavations at Mohenjo-daro in 1935–36. Here extremely important evidence was available for the final phases of the Harappā Civilization, as it was now beginning to be called. - [Previous: c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8.16) - [Next: c8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8.18) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) - [Chanhu-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.chanhu-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.piggott-1950.c8.17) · Pramāṇa