[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c38.250 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.250 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.250 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.250) Phases V, Pd B, saw the return of the people to Lothal, now inpoverished and with no town-planning; they had to be satisfied with jerry-built houses with mud-floors, reed-walls and thatched roofs. Access to the outside world being now barred, the true Harappa long blades, their raw material derived from Sind, gave place to shorter blades of locally available stones. The ceramics underwent changes for the worse. The transformation that these late Harappans of Lothal underwent was however not identical in all respects with that of Pd II B RANGPUR, indicating the loss of contact between the descendants of the Harappans and the rise of localization among the late Harappa cultures. Unlike RANGPUR Lothal ceased to be occupied thereafter. - [Previous: v2.c38.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.249) - [Next: v2.c38.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.251) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) ## Cites (2) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) - [Rangpur](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.rangpur) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.250) · Pramāṇa