- started from Neolithic Phase (6K-3K BCE) and ended in Early Vedic Age
- noted for simultaneous use of copper and stone
- bany areas, bronze implements also created
- not developed like Indus Valley Civilization and was rural in outlook
- agrculture main profession
- also involved in animal husbandry, stock raising, fishing, textile making
- copper smelting also practiced in almost all sites
- 5 imp pockets
- Ahar Banas (Raj)
- Malwa (MP, Guj, Raj)
- Kayath (MP)
- Swaldah (Maha)
- Jorwe (Maha, Telangana)
- copper mainly obtained from Raj
- Khetri Mines
- Jhunjhunu Mines
- A place named Gilund was referred to as Tambavati
- used 3 types of pottery
graph LR
A[Pottery] --> B["Ochre colored pottery"] & C["Redware pottery"] & D["Red on black pottery"]
- dev of direction sense during death burials
- north sites: bodies buried in N-S dirn
- south sites: buried in E-W dirn
- chopping of feet of dead person before burial
- indicative of otherworldly belief
- possibly wanted to prevent rearrival of dead spirits