An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c28.494

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The total complex indicates that the people of the PGW culture at the site had developed iron technology from the very beginning. They were also able to mine iron ore in a considerable quantity which enabled them to produce iron tools and implements in abundance. They were thus able to clear the land of tropical vegetation and bring it under extensive cultivation and started cultivating wheat in addition to rice, barley and pulses. They also engaged in trade without which they could not have acquired so much metal or beads of semiprecious stones. These observations thus further strengthen the view that the Pd represents the culture of the Aryans at least of the later Vedic period.