[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.c13.s3.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s3.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c13.s3.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c13.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s3.1) A bun-shaped copper ingot from lothal may be compared with Sumerian ingots. The same site has yielded a copper amulet with a bull figure similar to one found in Susa D. During the 2nd millennium b.c. the movement of peoples from Iran and perhaps even from the Caucasus region into India is evidenced by the stray finds of copper and bronze items. A Copper Hoard \[4.11\] from khurdi in Dt Nagaur includes a fine bowl with a long protruding channel spout, with analogues in pottery and metal at Giyan I, Sialk, etc., and another simple bowl of copper reminiscent of examples from Sialk. Among the Copper Hoards from fatehgarh and bithur in the Ganga valley and kallur in the Deccan are swords or discs of copper with midribs and 'antennae' hilts comparable to examples from the Koban culture of the Caucasus (c. 1200-1000 b.c.) A copper spearhead from chandoli and a fragmentary one from navdatoli are similar to spearheads found in a grave at Geyer in Palestine, datable to the close of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, though they may not be imports. - [Previous: v1.c13.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s2.2) - [Next: v1.c13.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s3.2) - [Up: v1.c13.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) - [Navdatoli](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.navdatoli) - [Kallur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kallur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c13.s3.1) · Pramāṇa