Jorwe culture

Jorwe culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Deccan (South Asia) from c. 1400 to 700 BCE, a span of 700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Chalcolithic farming villages of Maharashtra, with the large settlement at Inamgaon near Pune, where houses, granaries and urn burials beneath house floors have been excavated.

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Facts

Dates: c. 1400 to 700 BCE
Duration: 700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Deccan, South Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South Asia during its time

1000 BCE Iron spreads across the Ganges plain

Neighbours in South Asia

Kuru Kingdom c. 1200 to 500 BCE
Panchala c. 1100 to 350 BCE
Vajji confederacy c. 700 to 468 BCE
Kosala c. 700 to 475 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Jorwe culture exist?

c. 1400 to 700 BCE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Jorwe culture?

Deccan, in South Asia.

What language did Jorwe culture speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.