Archaeological culture · c. 1600–1300 BCE (calibrated dates suggest a start as early as 2000–1750 BCE)

Malwa culture

A Chalcolithic farming culture of the Malwa plateau in Madhya Pradesh and parts of northern Maharashtra, known from sites such as Navdatoli and Kayatha. Its people grew wheat, barley, pulses and later rice, kept cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, and painted their pottery in black on red.

Most villages were unplanned clusters of houses, though the largest had walls.

See Malwa culture on the map in 1600 BCE →

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1600–1300 BCE