Cemetery H culture

The Cemetery H culture was a Bronze Age culture in the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, from about 1900 BCE until about 1300 BCE. It is regarded as a regional form of the late phase of the Harappan (Indus Valley) civilisation (alongside the Jhukar culture of Sindh and Rangpur culture of Gujarat), but also as the manifestation of a first wave of Indo-Aryan migrations, predating the migrations of the proto-Rig Vedic people.

Cemetery H culture
The extent of the Swat and Cemetery H cultures are indicated; Geography of the Rigveda, with Rigvedic rivers names
Geographical rangePakistan
North India (Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh)
PeriodBronze Age
Datesc.1900–1300 BCE
Type siteHarappa
Major sitesHarappa
Bhagwanpura
CharacteristicsExtensive copper metallurgy
cremation of human remains
Followed byPainted Grey Ware culture
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