Harappan Art

Abstract

The South Asian Proto historic period is well known for Harappan civilization. The settlements ranging from Ghaggar -Hakra and Gangetic plain , Punjab , Cholistan and Sindh also Makran and Gujarat. Other river based civilisations contemporary to harappans were Mesopotamia, China , Egypt ,these civilisations are considered urban civilisations. V.Gordon Childe who propounded the 10 characteristics of urban centres , in which craft specialisation ,an important feature for development of an urban centre, also the abstract thinking of ideas contributing towards centralised control ,social stratification.