Ochre Coloured Pottery culture
Ochre Coloured Pottery finds ( c.2600 - 1200 BCE ) | |
| Geographical range | North India |
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| Period | Bronze Age |
| Dates | c. 2000–1500 BCE |
| Major sites | Ahichchhatra Bahadrabad Bargaon Bisauli Fatehgarh Hastinapur Hulas Jhinjhana Katpalon Kausambi Mitathal Red fort Sinauli |
| Characteristics | Extensive copper metallurgy Burials with pots and copper weapons |
| Preceded by | Neolithic |
| Followed by | Black and red ware Painted Grey Ware culture |
| History of South Asia |
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The Ochre Coloured Pottery culture (OCP) is a Bronze Age culture of the Indo-Gangetic Plain "generally dated 2000–1500 BCE," extending from eastern Punjab to northeastern Rajasthan and western Uttar Pradesh.
Artefacts of this culture show similarities with both the Late Harappan culture and the Vedic culture. Archaeologist Akinori Uesugi considers it as an archaeological continuity of the previous Harappan Bara style, while according to Parpola, the find of carts in this culture may reflect an Indo-Iranian migration into the India subcontinent, in contact with Late Harappans. The OCP marked the last stage of the North Indian Bronze Age and was succeeded by the Painted Grey Ware culture and then Northern Black polished ware.