History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c10.15

c10.15

There is good evidence of trade exchanges and movement of people between these Baluchistan settlements and those of the Indus Valley. Points of contact between the Kulli Culture and that of Mesopotamia also become evident from a consideration of the similarity in composition and spirit, and to some extent in technique, between the two groups of pottery. According to Piggott there is some evidence that the merchants of Baluchistan went by sea to settle in Sumer (Mesopotamia) much earlier than the trade between the Indus Valley or Harappa people and those of the twin rivers in Mesopotamia was established.