Shortugai

"Shortugai in Bactria, “a settlement completely Harappan in character on a tributary of the Amu Darya (…) on the foot of the ore-rich Badakshan range (…) with lapis lazuli, gold, silver, copper and lead ores. Not one of the standard characteristics of the Harappan cultural complex is missing from it.”"

"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."