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aar an its Extrna Rations:

Dr. R.A٠ Cartr UCL
nstitut of Archaoog,y
31-34 Goron quar
Lonon WCIH OpY

ai: racbahr@hotai.co
tcrnrob@uc.ac.u

(h foowing is a vrsion of a papr pubish in Arabian Archaoogy an
Epigraphy vou 11).

Abstract: aar an its Extrna Rations: nw vinc for intraction
btwn Bahrain an aurashtra, Gujrat, uring th ary 2n inniu
BC.

h craics fro th Eary Diiun sit of aar, Bahrain, ar xain for

vinc of intrrgiona xchang, h coonst varity of iport

atria copriss Lat orath Harappan pottry fro aurashtra, Gujrat.

a quantitis of Msopotaian, outhast Arabian (Wai uq) an

possib no-ranian pottry ar aso prsnt. h vinc is corrat

with that fro Oaa at a-Bahrain, an ata f‫ا‬o othr rgions within th

Bronz Ag traing ntwork of th ary 2n inniu BC. On th baiss of

th craic vinc an inforation fro othr artfact casss an sits in

outhast Arabia an Gujrat, it is infrr that Bahrain an aurashtra

partoo in a cos xchang partnrship at this ti. It is spcuat that

tra in coppr, stin for Msopotaia via Bahrain, ay hav bn a

factor in this rationship.