History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c11.2

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The Harappan, the Chalcolithic, and the Copper Hoards cultures were the three main copper-using cultures. The Harappan culture was a fully urbanised culture and is generally excluded from the Chalcolithic group. The latter group includes exclusively non-urban cultures whose economy was akin to the non-metal-using Neolithic cultures of the South. The third group is called the Copper Hoards culture, so named because most of the finds were found in hoards.