An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s10.7

v1.c9.s10.7

The Harappa sites in Uttar Pradesh are confined to its n.-w. part with a heavy concentration in Dt Saharanpur, situated at distance of 8 to 12 km from each other—a settlement pattern conforming well to that of Haryana, Punjab and even Gujarat and Saurashtra. The sites are generally located on the tributaries of the Yamuna and are more influenced by the Harappa complex of the Sutlej valley. The average occupational thickness of the Harappa settlement is somewhere from ·75 to 1·50 m. They are not more than 200 m in length and breadth which suggests that the habitations belonged to a small cluster of families. The late Harappa culture lost much of the mature traits in this region. The Harappa pottery recovered at BARGAON is plain, painted and incised, but an admixture with the OCW [4.12] is also noticed. Terracotta cakes from this region are generally oval in shape, although a few of them are longer with tapering ends but have prominent finger impressions implying their manufacture by hand. Other antiquities are copper rings, chert blades, faïence bangles and terracotta objects.