The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c12.2

c12.2

The site was discovered in 1931, when three weeks' digging revealed objects mostly of Harappan type but including a few sherds which suggested a post-Harappan culture.² In 1935-6 considerable further work was carried out,³ with the result that the general character of the occupation was roughly determined down to the water-level which, as at Mohenjo-daro, has risen considerably since Harappan times. The nature of the beginning of the occupation is still unknown. As exposed, three building-levels were found in association with the Harappā culture and, above them, two successive cultures similar to those first identified respectively at the Sindhi sites of Jhukar and Jhangar.⁴ As reclassified by Professor Piggott,⁵ the series reads from bottom to top as follows: