The archaeological record of Harappan decline in the Indus Valley itself has never revealed any obvious connection with the widely claimed origin for… - Peter Bellwood. First farmers: the origins of agricultural societies. xix+360 pages, 59 figures, 3 tables. 2005. Oxford/Malden (MA): Blackwell; 0-631-20565-9 hardback £60 & 0-631-20566-7 paperback £17.99

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The archaeological record of Harappan decline in the Indus Valley itself has never revealed any obvious connection with the widely claimed origin for these Indo-European invaders in the Pontic steppes or central Asia. In my view, supported linguistically.. the Harappan decline had nothing whatsoever to do with any Indo-European arrival in Pakistan or India, since this language family had already been present there for several millennia beforehand. (Bellwood 2014, 156)

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About Peter Bellwood. First farmers: the origins of agricultural societies. xix+360 pages, 59 figures, 3 tables. 2005. Oxford/Malden (MA): Blackwell; 0-631-20565-9 hardback £60 & 0-631-20566-7 paperback £17.99

Peter Stafford Bellwood (born Leicester, England, 1943) is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology in the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.

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