Copper Hoard culture describes find-complexes which mainly occur in the western Ganges–Yamuna doab in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. They occur in hoards large and small, and are dated to the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE,[1][note 1][2] although very few derive from controlled and dateable excavation contexts. The copper hoards are associated with the Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP), which is closely associated with the Late Harappan (or Posturban) phase of the IVC. Associations with the Indo-Aryan of the second millennium BCE have also been proposed,[3][4] though association with the Vedic Aryans is problematic, since the hoards are found east of the territory of the Vedic Aryans.[2][5]
- ^ Yule 2003, p. 541.
- ^ a b Mallory & Adams 1997, p. 126.
- ^ Mallory & Adams 1997, p. 125.
- ^ Parpola 2020.
- ^ Yule 2002, p. 118.
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