The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c12.19

c12.19

The excavator points out that, whilst occasional borrowing between the Jhukar and Harappā ceramics is not precluded, they are essentially divergent; and that there is more to be said for an affinity between the Jhukar pottery and the Amrī wares which preceded and overlapped the Harappan.² On this view, the Harappan culture is an intrusion into a local continuum, but much more evidence is required.