"All this clearly shows that, in the process of the formation of the Indus-Sarasvati Civilization, which was typically a lowland cultural phenomenon, not one but several regions were directly or indirectly involved, as has been pointed out by Mughal. The usual American perception (of scholars like Possehl) that the highland Baluchi cultures, such as the Quetta culture with roots in Iranian Neolithic cultures of the Zagros mountains, and the Iranian Bronze Age cultures were primarily responsible for the birth and early growth of the Indus- Sarasvati Civilization, therefore, requires serious reconsideration since the pre-4000 BC cultures leading to the 4000 BC settlements are now locally available in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, particularly at Harappa, where a four-metre deposit of handmade black painted red ware with mud-brick houses was found in early 1996."
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From 'The dawn of Indian civilization (up to c. 600 ec)', in G.C. Pande (ed.) (History of Science, Philosopby and Culture in Indian Civtltration, ed., D.P. Chattophadhyaya, vol. I Part I) (New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999), pp. 27~. 339-51, 366-75.J . quoted in Thomas R. Trautmann (editor) - The Aryan Debate (Debates in Indian History)-OUP India (2005)
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Swaraj Prakash Gupta
1931 ā 2007
Swaraj Prakash Gupta, better known as S.P. Gupta, (1931 ā 2007) was an Indian archaeologist and historian.
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