Painted Grey Ware culture

Painted Grey Ware culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Gangetic plain and Nepal (South Asia) from c. 1200 to 600 BCE, a span of 600 years. Its people spoke Indo-Aryan languages (Vedic, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Sinhala).

Iron Age villages of the western Ganges plain with fine grey pottery painted in black, usually linked to the Kuru and Panchala tribes of the later Vedic texts.

See Painted Grey Ware culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1200 to 600 BCE
Duration: 600 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Gangetic plain and Nepal, South Asia
Language family: Indo-Aryan

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
Avanti c. 600 to 350 BCE
Vajji confederacy c. 700 to 468 BCE
Kosala c. 700 to 475 BCE
Shakya republic c. 650 to 480 BCE
Gandhara c. 600 to 518 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 Painted Grey Ware culture exist?

c. 1200 to 600 BCE, about 600 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Painted Grey Ware culture?

Gangetic plain and Nepal, in South Asia.

What language did Painted Grey Ware culture speak?

Indo-Aryan. This family includes Vedic, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Sinhala.