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aar an its Extrna Rations:
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span of Qaa'at b an c), this wou occur sighty bfor th trina ats
assign to th Harappan occupations of Lotha an Rangpur. Unfortunaty
th occupation of th North City Wa at Oaa'at a-Bahrain cass bfor
aar Prio i, so it cannot b inpnnty confirrn that inks with th Lat
Harappan worl cas or wr ruc folowing aar Prio 3/@ala'at a
Bahrain c .
As far as th craics ar concrn, th rationship with aurashtra was
th ost iportant of Bahrain's intr- rgiona connctions uring th first two
cnturis of th 2n inniu. h subsqunt apparanc of sa
quantitis of Wai uq pottry ay b syptoatic of a or irct
rationship with outhast Arabia uring Prio 4, prhaps triggr by th
cin of th Bahrain-Gujarat tra, though it wou b unsaf to bui such
an argunt on th basis of just two or thr shrs. outhast Arabia ha
crtainy njoy a traing rationship with th Early Diun sphr uring
th at 3r iniu, as onstrat by U an-Nar pottry fro
Bahrain, an a tra in U an-Nar sofاston vsss anor sofاston
styls (61). o kin of rationship prsist into th Eary 2n inniu.
At Abraq, up to 665 Eary Diiun shrs wr foun in vry at 3r an
ary 2n inniu vs (62), whi hanfu of shrs fro storag jars
coparab Lat orath Harappan an Jhukar pottry wr also rcovr
fro ary 2n inniu vs (63) at Abraq. Outsi Abrag,
howvr, both Eary Diun an Lat Harappan atria ar notaby rar
uring th ary 2n inniu (64). Early Diun fins of that at ar
rstrict to a vry fw shrs fro Kaba an probaby th Wai uq an
Wai unays, possiby incuing so unatab surfac fins of Early
Diun pottry fro othr sits (65).
h cssation of tra btwn Bahrain an Gujarat is crtainy connct
to th n of th Eary Diun civiization an th fina isapparanc of th
Harappan cutur. It is not possibl, howvr, to ak sip causativ inks.
n th first pac, thr is insufficint crtainty as to th absolut ating of th
Eary Diun an Harappan squncs an thir chronoogica
corrsponncs to stabish th xact squnc of vopnts.
con,y th Bahrain-Gujarat connction is just on part of a copﺕx wb
of conoic, cutura an poitica rationships within an ins ntwork of
