Ochre Coloured Pottery culture

Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
Ochre Coloured Pottery finds ( c.2600 - 1200 BCE )
Geographical rangeNorth India
PeriodBronze Age
Datesc. 2000–1500 BCE
Major sitesAhichchhatra
Bahadrabad
Bargaon
Bisauli
Fatehgarh
Hastinapur
Hulas
Jhinjhana
Katpalon
Kausambi
Mitathal
Red fort
Sinauli
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CharacteristicsExtensive copper metallurgy
Burials with pots and copper weapons
Preceded byNeolithic
Followed byBlack and red ware
Painted Grey Ware culture

The Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (OCP) is a Bronze Age culture of the Indo-Gangetic Plain "generally dated 2000–1500 BCE,"[1][2] extending from eastern Punjab to northeastern Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh.[3][4]

Artefacts of this culture show similarities with both the Late Harappan culture and the Vedic culture.[5][6] Archaeologist Akinori Uesugi considers it as an archaeological continuity of the previous Harappan Bara style,[7] while according to Parpola, the find of carts in this culture may reflect an Indo-Iranian migration into the India subcontinent, in contact with Late Harappans.[6] The OCP marked the last stage of the North Indian Bronze Age and was succeeded by the Painted Grey Ware culture and then Northern Black polished ware.[8]

  1. ^ Benedetti, Giacomo. "The Chronology of Puranic Kings and Rigvedic Rishis in Comparison with the Phases of the Sindhu–Sarasvati Civilization". p. 224.
  2. ^ Civilsdaily, (15 August 2017). "Case study | Pottery – Evolution and significance".
  3. ^ Singh 2008, p. 216.
  4. ^ Kumar 2017, pp. 83–85.
  5. ^ Gupta & Mani 2017.
  6. ^ a b Parpola 2020.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Uesugi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Chronological order of poetry".