Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (OCP) (jan 1, 2000 BC – jan 1, 1500 BC)
Description:
Bronze Age Culture in North India (extending from eastern Punjab to northeastern Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh)Characteristics: Extensive copper metallurgy
Burials with pots and copper weapons
Artefacts of this culture show similarity with both the Late Harappan culture and the Vedic culture
The OCP marked the last stage of the North Indian Bronze Age and was succeeded by the Iron Age
Followed by
1. Black and red ware
2. Painted Grey Ware culture
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Major sites
1. Ahichchhatra
2. Bahadrabad
3. Bargaon
4. Bisauli
5. Fatehgarh
6. Hastinapur
7. Hulas
8. Jhinjhana
9. Katpalon
10. Kausambi
11. Mitathal
12. Red fort
13. Sinauli
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 2000 BC
jan 1, 1500 BC
~ 500 years