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( 90 ) characteristic of Northern Iran. At Anau II and Hissar II in Northern Iran; greywares appear for the first time. These culture periods are dated Circa 2100 B. C. These greyware people are subsequently found further east at Shah Tepe, Turang Tepe, Namazgo Tepe and Askabad. The traces of the same folk have been found in Afghanistan, at Nad-i-Ali.
The people connected with the greyware were new and warlike invaders of martial character organised in tribal
collectives who violently destroyed the Greywar: People And their indigenous cultures and civilizations. These Associates.
.: collectives tamed sheep and horses as is evident from numerous bones of sheep and horses found in Tripolje region. The herds and flocks of cattle were commonly owned. The tribal collectives were presided over by supreme tribal leaders, Chieftains' house at Feldeleseni in Tripolje region; princely tombs at Maikop and Tsarkaya in Russian Turkistan; Turang Tepe in Northern Iran; Alaca Huyuk in Asia Minor; and less royal tombs at Hissar III and Shah Tepe clearly reveal the collective and martial character of these tribes and their leaders. Their chief woapon of war was battle-axe. Multiplication of weapons was the chief instrument of these patriarchal War-lords who constantly waged wars to gain military conquests and political supremacy for the preservation and growth of their tribal collectives. The violent upheavals of cultures in these times, attested by archaeological finds, tell the same and similar story everywhere in these regions.
These intrusive barbarians earlier having connections with Hissar III-Anau III complex of cultures advanced Their Martial towards Bhārata region. Shahi Tump is an Character Indus site. A grave of a warrior has been
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