Culture of ocher painted ceramics

Archaeological cultures commonly associated with the migration of Indo-Iranian peoples (according to the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Cultures). Most often, the Andronovo , Margian and Yaz cultures are associated with these peoples. The cultures of the cemetery H , copper treasures , Gandhara and gray painted ceramics are also associated by some researchers with the movements of the Indo-Iranian peoples.

Culture of ocher painted ceramics (ORC) - the culture of the Bronze Age, which existed in 2 thousand BC. e. on the territory of the Ganges-Yamuna valley. He is the heir to the Harappan civilization , coexisted with it for some time. The culture of the ORC is the last stage of the Bronze Age of India; it is being replaced by cultures of the Iron Age, namely the culture of black and red ceramics and the culture of gray painted ceramics . The earliest OCR samples were found near Jodhpura in Rajasthan and date back to 3,000 BC. e. (This Jodhpur should not be confused with the city of Jodhpur). In 2 thousand BC e. culture reached the Ganges valley.

A number of scholars view the culture of the OCR as a late stage of the Harappan civilization , while others consider it an autochthonous culture unrelated to the Harappan one.

ORC is found in the same chronological layers as the copper treasure culture .