An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s14.t1.29

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The origin of these cultures has not yet been satisfactorily explained. The Kayatha and Banas cultures appear to have been derived from the neighbouring region of Rajasthan. Conflicting views have been put forward regarding the origin of the Malwa culture. One view is that traits like black-on-red pottery were adopted from the Harappa culture [4.9]; other traits like channel-spouted bowls, pedestalled goblets and swords with mid-rib, which have parallels at Sialk, Tepe Giyan and other sites in w. Asia, are said to have been contributed by incoming Aryan groups. Still another view holds that the Malwa ware was copied from the painted pottery tradition of the s. Neolithic culture [4.6.8-10] [though some think that this tradition travelled in the reverse direction, cf. Thapar, 1957, p. 21].