Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c9.s2.1

c9.s2.1

A word regarding the dating and the discussion of various groups in this book. The Indus Valley Civilization, its maturer phase at least, is dated by C-14 method to c. 2500 B.C., thus confirming its hypothetical dating based on stylistic and other evidence. The various Chalcolithic cultures, particularly the Navdatolian of Central India, and that of the Banas Valley are again c. 1800 B.C. and thus seem to be contemporary with or follow closely the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization. These in their turn are followed by the Painted Grey Ware Culture in the Gangetic Valley, and with a break (or without break) by the historic cultures in Peninsular India.