Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c5.s10: Bronze Age

c5.s10.1

The "Bronze Age" and "Civilization" are reserved for the Indus Civilization proper, and its manifestation—whether in the Panjab, Rajputana or Saurashtra. For these answer to all the characteristics of a "civilization" as defined by BRAIDWOOD. The Indus people must have had knowledge of the smelting and alloying of copper. It is truly a Bronze Age Civilization and not “Chalcolithic”, though the inhabitants continued to use long blades of stone. The last only underlines the fact that each period gradually merged into the next, without leaving sharp breaks.