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Ahar-Banas Culture
Archaeological culture
Level 3
c. 3,000–1,500 BCE
Chalcolithic culture of south-east Rajasthan.
- Capital
- Ahar / Gilund
- Region
- West
- Duration
- 1,500 years
- Main period
- Late Harappan Cultures
- Part of
- Chalcolithic Cultures
Approximate extent.
Sites & monuments
Ahar
Archaeological site · c. 3,000 BCE
Type site of the Ahar-Banas culture.
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Contemporaries
Powers that coexisted with the Ahar-Banas Culture for a significant part of its history.
Mehrgarh Cultural Tradition ★
Northwest · c. 7,000–2,600 BCE
Indus / Harappan Civilization ★
Northwest · c. 3,300–1,300 BCE
Neolithic Kashmir (Burzahom)
North · c. 3,000–1,500 BCE
South Indian Neolithic (Ash-mound cultures)
South · c. 3,000–1,200 BCE
Chalcolithic Cultures
Central · c. 3,000–700 BCE
Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture
Gangetic Plain · c. 2,000–1,500 BCE