Archaeological culture · c. 3000–1500 BCE
Ahar–Banas culture
A Chalcolithic farming culture of south-eastern Rajasthan, along the Banas, Berach and Ahar rivers, contemporary with and next to the Indus civilisation. More than 90 sites are known, such as Ahar and Balathal.
Its people mined the copper of the Aravalli hills for axes and tools, grew wheat and barley, and made distinctive black-and-red pottery painted in white.
See Ahar–Banas culture on the map in 3000 BCE
- On the map
- 3000–1500 BCE
How we know
No writing existed; it is known from excavated sites dated by radiocarbon.