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٠ aar an its Extrna Rations:

his os not ntiry ru out th possibiity that coppr fro swhr in

th Lat Harappan sphr was xport fro aurashtra, though if this was

th cas, such sourcs ar yt to b intifi. It shou b rbr that

thr wr aso rich coppr rsourcs in Bauchistan, Eastrn ran, Cntra

ran an Cntra Asia, a of which ay hav contribut to th coppr

circuating in th traing ntwork of th arly 2n inniu (91). It is known

that coppr-sting occurr in at ast so of ths aras at this ti, for

xap at haha in Kran, th Chagai His in Baluchistan, an Dashi

in Bactria (92), It is thus fasib that ta fro th no-ranian borrlans

or vn Afghanistan a its way via th Inus vay to aurashtra for

xport, though this wou b a ong an circuitous rout for transporting arg

quantitis of coppr.

Whatvr th cas, th craics at aar cary show a cos rationship

btwn that sit an ancint aurashtra uring th first two cnturis of th

2n inniu. o charactriz th xact natur of this rationship rquirs

furthr anaytica work, for xap‫ ﺕ‬on rsius associat with th iport

pottry at aar, or on provnancing th coppr foun in th Guf,

Msopotaia an th nian subcontinnt (93). A closr finition of th

natur of Lat Harappan socity in aurashtra wou ai this procss.

Nots

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