Ahar Banas culture
The Ahar Culture , also known as the Banas Culture, is a Copper Age archaeological culture in southeastern Rajasthan , India . It existed between approx. 3000 and 1500 BC. In the adjacent areas of the simultaneous Indus culture on the rivers Banas and Berach. They mined copper ore from the Aravalli Mountains and made axes and other objects from it. Wheat and barley were grown.
distribution
More than 90 sites of the Ahar Banas culture have been found to date, which seem to be concentrated in the river valleys of the Banas and its tributaries. Some sites with layers of the Ahar Banas culture have also been found in Jawad , Mandsaur , Kayatha and Dangwa in Madhya Pradesh . Most of the sites in Rajasthan are in the districts of Udaipur , Chittorgarh , Dungarpur , Banswara , Ajmer , Tonk and Bhilwara .
Ceramics
Black-and-red goods with white line and dot decorations are typical of the Ahar-Banas culture. The shapes are limited: bowls, mugs, slim and bulbous vases. In addition, the Ahar-Banas culture knows unmistakable, bright, smooth red goods, brown goods, polished black goods with incisions, thin-walled red goods with incisions and gray goods with incisions.
literature
- Jane McIntosh, The ancient Indus Valley: new perspectives , ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 978-1-57607-907-2 , 77f.