[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.c9.s14.2 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.2 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.2) Our knowledge of many aspects of the material culture of the Chalcolithic farmers is yet sketchy for the simple reason that all the excavations save a few have been small exploratory digs. Consequently their origin and various stages of development and decline are all yet imperfectly known to us. The KAYATHA culture (c. 2000-1800 B.C.) can be said to be a junior contemporary of the Harappa. In fact the characteristic Kayatha ceramics \[11.7\] such as the sturdy painted ware and the incised ware have some faint pre-Harappa elements. The people also used beads of semiprecious stones and microbeads of steatite exactly similar to those of the Harappa. Thus the Kayatha culture, though possessing a distinct identity of its own, can be said to have some pre-Harappa and mature Harappa inspiration behind it. - [Previous: v1.c9.s14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.1) - [Next: v1.c9.s14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.3) - [Up: v1.c9.s14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāyathā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kayatha) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s14.2) · Pramāṇa