[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.c44.272 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.272 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.272 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c44.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.272) 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.) - [Previous: v2.c44.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.271) - [Next: v2.c44.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.273) - [Up: v2.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c44.272) · Pramāṇa