Abstract
Balochistan is archaeologically and culturally one of the richest regions of the world. Here one finds the birth of agriculture and first settlements along with similar developments taking place in Levant and Middle East. The cultural developments in Balochistan were scattered over a large area while culturally being connected with each other. The cultural developments continued over a long period of time, converting into traditions which were practiced in almost all cultural sites simultaneously. The following study focuses on the emergence of such cultural sites, there cultural interactions and conversion into traditions on one hand and there chronological sequence on the other hand. The study will also highlight the chronology of the sites, their phases and cultural patterns. The cultural sites are geographically divided into three regions i.e. Northern, Central and Southern Balochistan and cultural division is based on the sources of archaeological patterns developed in various Eras i.e. Early Food Producing Era and Regional Era. The next cultural developments (Integrational Era and localization Era) emerged on the banks of Indus River, resulting into the shifting of the center of cultural activities from Balochistan to Indus Plan; hence these are not incorporated in present study and thus lay beyond the scope of present paper. Chronologically, the timeline of present study is from 7 th millennia BCE to 4th millennia BCE and culturally it covers the pre-Indus period sites, geographically located in present day Balochistan
Jahanzeb Khan 1. (2016) The Socio-Cultural Patterns and its Chronology: A Survey of Pre-Indus Archaeological sites in Balochistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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