Review of the Harappan Culture in North-western Maharashtra: Cataloging a database
Assistant Archaeologist in Archaeological Survey of India
It has generally been suggested that the migration of the Harappan people ended in the Indus-Saraswati divide at Gujarat. Further study supported by the Nehru Trust has provided strong evidence to suggest that Harappan Culture moved considerably further beyond Gujarat and indeed spread deep into the Deccan (North-western region of Maharashtra). Although Harappan culture underwent significant changes during this period, identifiable practices were retained. The culture is recognizable as Harappan, though one may consider it a late phase transformed by the shift in geography.
My field work resulted in an important observation: Harappan Red Ware of Daimabad is slightly coarser than that of the Central Tapi Basin and that of Aurangabad in turn coarser than that of Daimabad. I hope to expand on this research in the region southwards of Daimabad and eastwards of Aurangabad. The project has provided me with a great deal of material with which to conduct further study.