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Cemetery H culture
Bronze Age culture in the Punjab / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cemetery H culture was a Bronze Age culture in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from about 1900 BCE until about 1300 BCE. It is regarded as a regional form of the late phase of the Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation (alongside the Jhukar culture of Sindh and Rangpur culture of Gujarat).
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Geographical range | Pakistan North India (Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh) |
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Period | Bronze Age |
Dates | c. 1900–1300 BCE |
Type site | Harappa |
Major sites | Harappa Bhagwanpura |
Characteristics | Extensive copper metallurgy cremation of human remains |
Followed by | Painted Grey Ware culture |
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