An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s16.5
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Incidentally at AHAR² in s.-e. Rajasthan which is close to Malwa iron including slag occurs as early as I B (including slag), dated about 1500 B.C. If there is no serious stratigraphic mix-up one has to assume that the Chalcolithic culture at AHAR² was an Iron Age culture after its Ia. It may be mentioned that the evidence of iron in AHAR² Chalcolithic is not from one trench but from five trenches (Sahi, 1979).