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The archaeological consideration of Balochistan has been known long ago to the British travelers, army officers, and explorers, such as Henery Pottinger (1810) Charles Masson (1843), Major Mockler (1875), and Colonel Holdich (1891); they all experienced the archaeology of this region in different time periods. In general, the proper archaeological approach (cultural-historical) has been applied by Stein (1904), Hargreaves (1924), Ross (1935), Piggott (1943-44), Matheson (1945), and de Cardi (1948-57). Moreover, these all archaeologists gave a brief introductory switch to the later extensive archaeological activities carried out by foreign and local missions in Balochistan. The cultural-historical approach hypothesized that the Indus Valley Civilization is posterior to early Meso-Iranian Civilization; while in later stages it was theorized after the exceptional discovery of Mehrgarh. The discovery changed the course of the ancient history of South-West Asia. Prior to the discovery of Mehrgarh serious academic debates were going on regarding the buffware and red-ware cultural sites between South Asia and South West Asia. Both Piggott and McCown professed the red/buff ware cultures of IVC are the early products of Iranian provinces. Mehrgarh the parental site of buff ware culture, and Killi Gul Muhammad for red ware culture, manifested these two cultures as indigenous products of this region
Ghulam Farooq Baloch, Waheed Razzaq, Yousaf Ali Rodeni4, Shakir Naseer. (2016) The Commencement of the Archaeological Reconnaissances in Balochistan, 1875-1947: A Chrono-historical Overview, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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