The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c12.s3.25

c12.s3.25

Before closing this discussion on chronology, let us remind ourselves of the magnitude of the sub-continent and the horizontal spread of the various strata of cultures in time and space. Some of these time-space coordinates are becoming clearer and we should bear in mind the time for their spread. Hence the need is for a more flexible and dynamic approach while interpreting the material relics in different parts of the country, sometimes as we shall see, of two cultures in different zones, but yet belonging to the same complex with common diagnostic traits. Hence it is difficult to draw horizontal lines across the lines of vertical development in different parts of the country, since the horizontal expansion was influenced and even retarded by the geographic barriers within the country.