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Gangetic India

Northern Block Polished Ware

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Vast monsoonal regime of the Great Plain ranging from subhumid to humid with incidence of rains averaging from below 50-140 cm. The peculiar monsoonal feature gave it four well-marked seasons: hot summer; wet summer; pre-winter transition, or autumn; and winter.

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    Bhuvan Vikrama (Assistant Archaeologist)

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    Umesh Chattopadhyaya

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Vikrama, B., Chattopadhyaya, U. (2002). Gangetic India. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0023-0_15

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