[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c10.s1.20 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c10.s1.20 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c10.s1.20 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c10.s1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1.20) On the basis of the circumstantial association of the OCW \[11.5\] which has been found in pre-PGW \[11.14\] levels and 'may well antedate 1200 B.C.' the Copper Hoards \[4.11\] have been dated before the middle of the 2nd millennium B.C. (Lal, 1951, pp. 20-31; 1953, p. 93). At the same time some of the items from among the Copper Hoards were connected with examples from the Caucasus region and Iran (Allchin and Allchin, 1968, pp. 152-3). In fact analogies were noticed with Iranian types in some of pottery and designs of the Chalcolithic cultures of c. India and the Deccan \[4.14.5, 6\] which was also used as evidence corroborating the chronology as inferred from stratigraphical position of the Chalcolithic deposits in relation to datable historical period deposits. - [Previous: v1.c10.s1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1.19) - [Next: v1.c10.s1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1.21) - [Up: v1.c10.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c10.s1.20) · Pramāṇa