BÄrÄ Culture: An Overview of Problems and Issues

Abstract

BÄrÄ culture was a culture that emerged in the eastern region of the Indus Valley Civilization around 2000 BC.  It developed in the doab between the YamunÄ and Sutlej rivers, this territory corresponds to modern-day Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh in North India. BÄrÄ culture is believed to have initially developed from Pre-Harappan traditions independently, although later on intermingled with the Harappans in locations. In the conventional timeline demarcations of the Indus Valley Tradition, the BÄrÄ culture is usually placed in the Late Harappan period