Early Indus

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The Early Indus Tradition is found in Pakistan and northwestern India, from 7500-4600 BP (5500-2600 BC). Subsistence was based on agriculture and animal husbandry. People lived in urban regional centers, villages, or camp sites; the only monumental architecture was large, brick perimeter walls. Regional cultural variation increased along with growth in inter-regional and long distance trade. Elites appeared at a time of increasing craft specialization and the first use of cubical limestone weights, seals, graffiti or potter’s marks, and writing.

Identifier

Region

• Asia

Subregion

• South Asia

Subsistence Type

• intensive agriculturalists

Countries

• India
• Pakistan