The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c20.32

c20.32

On the whole it must be admitted that the evidence for contact between the Indus civilization and the West in pre-Sargonid times is not impressive. One or perhaps two seals and the fragment of the stone hut-urn are the most notable items, but merely justify the assumption of a tentative, prefatory approach of limited duration prior to c. 2350 B.C. There is little reason, therefore, in the light of the collateral evidence, to modify the maximum opening-date (2500 B.C.)