The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c15.s2.1

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The problem of the gap between the Proto-historic and the Early historic periods has been described dramatically as the "Dark Period" in Indian Archaeology. The work of the last few years is closing this gap equally dramatically. We have already discussed those problems of overlaps between the various cultures—particularly the Harappan and the Post-Harappan (Fig. 36). The problem of the various Post-Harappan cultures of Western and Central India were discussed at a symposium held at Delhi in September 1957. For convenience, about thirteen distinctive forms and fabrics were selected for a detailed study of comparative stratigraphy and typology and the results are given below:¹