An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c44.476

v2.c44.476

The excavators of KALIBANGAN date Kalibangan I to *c.* 2400-2250 B.C. on uncorrected ¹⁴C basis. With KALIBANGAN I pottery lying overlapped with the Harappa at the bottom layers of Ropar, *c.* 2100 B.C. could be thought of as the safest date for the beginning of Pd I with an average thickness of over 2 m a span of 700 years, ending at *c.* 1400 B.C. appears reasonable. The evidence of BHAGWANPURA² where BARA and PGW cultures are found interlocked would also lend an indirect support to this date, for the BARA complexion at BHAGWANPURA² appears to be only a devolution of the Sutlej complex.