[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.c19.s1.25 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.25 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c19.s1.25 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.25) On the macro level the way the wide physiographical diversity of India has shaped her early settlement pattern should be a matter of detailed research and not an area of facile generalizations. For instance while it is true that the Harappans geared to the ecological setting of the Indus system could not really make themselves at home in the changed setting of the Ganga-Yamuna doab, the real point at issue is to know how precisely the Harappa technology was not particularly suitable for the doab situation. Nothing particularly tangible will emerge by overemphasizing the role of iron in the clearance of the jungles of the doab, the more so when one remembers that before the advent of iron the doab has had a reasonably long history of occupation beginning tentatively with the Harappans themselves. Unsound generalizations in the field of ecology are all too common in Indian archaeology. - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.24) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.26) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c19.s1.25) · Pramāṇa