Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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dug at Shahi Tump and its nearest parallels, significantly enough, came from the graves of the chieftains of barbarian tribes possibly of Ganapatis; Iudra, Bșhaspati or any other beyond the fringe of the oriental urban civilization at Maikop and Tsarkaya in South Russia. The grave bas yielded a shaft-hole battle-axe and a copper spear. These were the times of unprecedented troubles and vigorous movements in the first half of Second Millennium B. C."
The pottery patterns in this period in Western Bhārata reveal a distinct intrusive, voilent and foreign culture. In Arachosia and Gedrosia regions, the pottery patterns at Quetta, Amrinal, Kulli and Zhob valley are found remarkable similar. The ware at Quetta ranges from pinkish white to greenish. Two fragments from fine shallow bowls of grey ware have been found. It seems comparable to that represented at Susa I, Giyan V, Sialk III and Anau I and II in Russian Turkistan. Amri-Nal ware exhibits green tinge. A limited number of vessels of grey or even drak brownish colour have been found. Grey pottery recalling the fragment from Shabi Tump, have been found from sites near Bampur and in Sistan showing Kulli contacts. Shahi Tump graves have yielded greywares. These vessels form one of the most interesting links between West and East, from the borders of Syria to the Indus. Zhob Valley and other sites have proved the arrival of nomadic, horse-riding herdsmen with violent military weapons ruthlessly destroying the indigenous peaceful population.
Further east to Bhārata, painted Greyware is found at many sites in the Sutlej and Ghaghar basins. Hastinapur has abundantly yielded this ware. This pattern is a continuation of the painted and plain greywares in Western Asia and Southern Europe. This ware is later than the Harappa