"The site of Shortughai has never been considered as anything other than a trading post or a Harappan colony and not the result of a migratory current from India to Central Asia."
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Shortugai
Shortugai (Shortughai), in Darqad District of northern Afghanistan, was a trading colony of the Indus Valley civilization (or Harappan Civilization) established around 2000 BC on the Oxus river (Amu Darya) near the lapis lazuli mines.
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