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Our analysis is based on the archaeological evidence now available for the period from 3000 to 1000 B.C., with special emphasis on copper technology. In the Indian subcontinent, this period was characterized by the use of copper, although stone blades continued to be used. The subcontinent did not have a uniform unilineal socioeconomic development during this period and therefore some of the terms have special connotations in Indian archaeology.