An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s7.33

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While the question may be allowed to rest at that, several problems are involved. In the first place, an anthropomorphic figure, a typical Copper Hoard object, was found in a regular Harappa deposit at LOTHAL. (Agrawal's attempt, 1973, pp. 102-3, to dissociate the object from the anthropomorphs of the Copper Hoard on the ground that it has a flat, instead of nail-head, section is unconvincing.) Two harpoons and 13 copper rings, both typical of the Copper Hoards, from MITATHAL, a Harappa and late Harappa site, may not be without significance. Again, the likely association of the Hoards with the OCW creates problems rather than solving them: while the OCW had its focus in the Ganga-Yamuna doab, Copper Hoards have been found over a much wider area which had never known the OCW. Thus, GUNGERIA in Dt Balaghat has produced the largest hoard. MODHERA in Dt Mahesana has one. Pondi in Dt Rewa is another Hoard site. KALLUR in Dt Raichur has produced a few specimens. PARIHATI in Dt Midnapur has five double-axes, a bar celt and a ring-like object. Objects are being increasinly reported from Rajasthan outside the doab (Agarwala, 1977, p. 68; 1978, p. 123; 1979, p. 91). These are only a few instances that jar an otherwise plausible theory.