The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c13.4

c13.4

It would appear, then, that the site is a strongly fortified outpost of the Harappan or a closely allied culture, situated at a nodal point upon which, as on a delta-head, a number of tracks converged from the neighbouring coast. Whether the place was of more than local importance—whether, for example, it played any part in a coastal trade with Babylonia—can only be conjectured after further digging.