Ochre Coloured Pottery culture

Ochre Coloured Pottery culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Gangetic plain and Nepal (South Asia) from c. 2000 to 1500 BCE, a span of 500 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Bronze Age farmers of the Ganges-Yamuna doab, associated with copper hoards of harpoons, swords and human-shaped plaques. Burials excavated at Sinauli in 2018 held wooden carts with copper fittings.

See Ochre Coloured Pottery culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 2000 to 1500 BCE
Duration: 500 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Gangetic plain and Nepal, South Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South Asia during its time

1900 BCE Indus cities decline
1500 BCE Rigveda hymns composed

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Ochre Coloured Pottery culture exist?

c. 2000 to 1500 BCE, about 500 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Ochre Coloured Pottery culture?

Gangetic plain and Nepal, in South Asia.

What language did Ochre Coloured Pottery culture speak?

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