Stage 1: 7000-4000
BC
Beginnings of village farming communities
Stage 2: 4300-3200 BC
Developed farming and pastoral communities
Stage 3: 3200-2600 BC
Agricultural surplus societies, urbanisation
Stage 4: 2600-2500 BC
The big leap. Advanced town-planning and scripts emerge
Stage 5: 2500-2000 BC
Indus in full bloom
Stage 6: 2000-1600 BC
Dramatic decline in Sindh and resurgence in Punjab and Haryana. Back to farming units |
