Cemetery H culture

"The intrusive culture, as represented by its pottery, has in origin nothing to do with the Harappa culture; its ceramic differs from that of the latter both in finish and in decoration, and its dwellings . . . arc notably more roughly constructed than those of Harappa proper. Its analogues have not yet been identified, and it appears in fact as abruptly as did its Harappan predecessor. The suggestion has been made [by Childe] very hesitatingly, that the Cemetery H intruders "may belong to the Aryan invaders."

"Cemetery H "may reflect only a change in the focus of settlement organization from that which was the pattern of the earlier Harappan phase and not cultural discontinuity, urban decay, invading aliens, or site abandonment, all of which have been suggested in the past" (56)."

"Even the supposedly alien cultures like those labelled as Jhukar and Cemetery H are regional transformations... from the Harappan civilization itself."

"The exact relationship of Cemetery H with the Mature Harappa Culture, however, has long been a matter of debate. ... Wheeler, following Gordon Childe, was inclined to think that the Cemetery H people may represent the Aryan invaders who destroyed the Harappan Civilization. However, fresh excavations at Harappa by Dales, Meadow and Kenoyer seem to suggest a different story..."

"The final occupation of the protohistoric period is characterized by Cemetery H or Late Harappan ceramics. ... Period 5 may reflect only a change in the focus of settlement organization from that which was the pattern of the earlier Harappan phase and not cultural discontinuity, urban decay, invading aliens, or site abandonment, all of which have been suggested in the past."