History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c39.s1.6
History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c39.s1.6
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The basic pattern of craft specialisation, mass production of potteries, terracotta figurines etc. at Mehrgarh clearly preceded the Mature Harappan Period. This is in consonance with Kenneth Kennedy’s interpretation of the human skeletal evidence that there had been a stable population in the north-western part of the sub-continent for several millennia prior to the Harappan period (Kennedy, 1982, pp. 289-295).