An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s10.1

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The late Harappa cultures represent a declined or transformed stage of the Harappa [4.9] and can be identified by an assemblage showing some sort of cultural continuity with the mature Harappa and its associated miscellany, though the general homogeneity of the Harappa that had persisted throughout its mature phase was broken. It is clear that some of the Harappa elements did not entirely die out with the abandonment of the urban settlements but persisted in Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and w. Uttar Pradesh. Different pottery types and other cultural traits unconnected with each other emerged in individual regions. A time-bracket of 1700 to 1000 B.C. may be proposed for these cultures on the basis of the continuity of the Harappa elements from the end of the mature Harappa to their overlap with later cultures.