An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s10.10

v1.c9.s10.10

Excavations at ROPAR, and ALAMGIRPUR and explorations in Dt Ganganagar had revealed a hiatus between the Harappa and the PGW cultures, but bridging this gap remained a vital problem. Recent explorations and excavations in Dts Kurukshetra, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Jullundur and Jammu have however revealed that sites in Dt Gurdaspur have grey ware associated with the PGW and the late Harappa red ware, though the PGW itself is not available. The main sites are KANWA, DODWAM, HARIPUR, LOHGARH, HARDO-RAWAL KHURD and GURUDAS NANGAL DA THEH. While the n. side of Dt Amritsar is devoid of the PGW, at GHARINDA, w. of Amritsar, the PGW, grey ware and few late Harappa sherds are seen, as also at SOSAN, Dt Ferozepur, and APARA, HARIPUR and CHINI KANJI DA THER, Dt Jullundur. On the n.-w. side of that Dt grey ware and black-slipped ware are available at MALSIAN, KARALAN and KARTARPUR, while NAGAR and KATPALON on the e. side yield the PGW, grey ware and late Harappa ware. Similarly DADHERI, Dt Ludhiana, and a few sites like PIPLI and GARHI RODAN, Dt Kurukshetra, have the PGW, grey ware and late Harappa ware. Excavations at BHAGWANPURA² in the same Dt, DADHERI in Dt Ludhiana and NAGAR and KATPALON in Dt Jullundur and MANDA in Jammu are also very significant in respect of the interlocking of the late Harappa and PGW cultures—a phenomenon that can be tentatively dated from 1600 to 1000 B.C.