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1600 BCE
South Asia (Central India) · Chalcolithic Culture

Malwa Culture

c. 1600–1300 BCE

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Overview

Central Indian Chalcolithic with painted pottery and settled villages.

Malwa Culture

Prominent Chalcolithic culture of the Malwa Plateau. Known for distinctive black-on-red painted pottery, settled villages along the Narmada and its tributaries, copper tools, and mixed farming-herding economy.

Territory Phases

  1. Malwa Culture1600 BCE – 1300 BCE

    Prominent Chalcolithic culture of the Malwa Plateau. Known for distinctive black-on-red painted pottery with geometric motifs, settled villages along the Narmada and its tributaries, copper tools, and mixed farming-herding economy. Frequently overlaps with Black-and-Red Ware tradition. Largest site: Navdatoli on the Narmada.

Sources

  1. Hand-drawn polygon
  2. Dhavalikar, M.K. (1988) The First Farmers of the Deccan
  3. Sankalia, H.D. et al. (1971) Chalcolithic Navdatoli
  4. Misra, V.N. (2001) Prehistoric Human Colonization of India