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Painted Grey Ware culture

c. 1200–600 BCE · 13th century BCE · Also known as Painted Grey Ware

The Painted Grey Ware culture is an Iron Age archaeological culture of the western Ganges plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra valley in northern India, dated to roughly 1200–600 BCE. It is named after its fine grey pottery painted with black geometric patterns. Its villages, which used iron tools and grew rice, barley and wheat, are associated with the Later Vedic period and with the Kuru and Panchala kingdoms.

Painted Grey Ware culture
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Painted Grey Ware culture. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/painted-grey-ware-culture
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The Epoch Institute. “Painted Grey Ware culture.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/painted-grey-ware-culture.
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