An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c20.s2.11

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Sarkar, 1964, finds in the dolichocephals of the Indus valley an extension of the people of Tepe Hissar I and II. A wave of mesocephals represented at Tepe Hissar also migrated to India in different waves, two of which are represented at Harappa—one in stratum I of Cemetery H and the other at Site G; the second wave shows weak traces of brachycephaly. He is of the view that an autochthonous, hyperdolichocranial element represented by Veddid or Australoid ethic strain appears to be at the base of the Indus people. Guha, 1935, is of the opinion that as the three groups found at the Harappa sites also occurred at 'Al Ubaid and Kish, a close affinity of the Harappans with the people of Pre-Sargonic Mesopotamia can be inferred. Sen, 1967, has postulated that the population in India during the Harappa times descended from earlier populations of the same regions, which would explain the regional differences in head shape between the n. and s. branches, being due to regional variations as at present.