An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.272

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Rao no doubt admits the arrival of new elements in Pds II C and III but at the same time feels that they were due to contact. According to him the equipments of Pd II C are an evolution from the Harappa culture. Defining the importance of Rangpur Rao says: ‘The penetration of the Harappa culture into the Kathiawad peninsula, its survival up to the end of the 2nd millennium B.C. in a decadent form, subsequently transforming itself into the Lustrous Red Ware culture, and the establishment of a continuous cultural sequence from 2000 to 800 B.C. are important contributions made by the excavation at Rangpur.’ (But it may be difficult to regard the new elements of Pds II C and III, particularly the Lustrous Red Ware, as evolved from the Harappa and as such a continuity of the Harappa sequence till 800 B.C., which itself may be too low a date for Pd III, is open to question.)