An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s7.11

v1.c9.s7.11

1961-2, pp. 40, 43), thus indicating a peaceful co-existence of the two peoples, is now either ignored or played down. At the most it is conceded that after the desertion of the pre-Harappa occupation of Kalibangan as a result of an earthquake and a flood the bearers of the Harappa culture entered the scene and laid out the settlement in their own typical way; some of the preceding ‘pre-Harappans’ or their descendants who had taken refuge elsewhere returned to the site along with the Harappans. Even if this limited concession be accepted, the authors of Kalibangan I were not merely pre-Harappa but also contemporary with the Harappa folk.