Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (OCP) (1 янв 2000 г. до нашей эры – 1 янв 1500 г. до нашей эры)

Описание:

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