Jhukar culture
Topic: Harappan (Sindhu-Sarasvati) Civilisation · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Jhukar culture is a Late Harappan culture of Sindh. It is named after the site of Jhukar. It came after cities like Mohenjo-daro declined, in the early 2nd millennium BCE (from about c. 1900 BCE). Its settlements were poorer and simpler. Seals, standard weights and long-distance trade had disappeared. It shows that Sindh's people survived the end of the cities and continued in a more rural way.
Example
At Chanhudaro, the craft town in Sindh, Jhukar levels lie on top of the Mature Harappan layers. They show a poorer way of life, with no Harappan writing or standard seals. The bead- and seal-making town was replaced by a simpler settlement.
Don't confuse with
- Cemetery H culture: this was the successor culture of Punjab (Harappa). Jhukar was the successor culture of Sindh.
Related concepts
- Decline of the Harappan civilisation
- 4.2 kiloyear event
- Late Harappan phase
- Cemetery H culture
- Sinauli
- Thirsty crow pot
- Aryan invasion theory
- Mortimer Wheeler
- Mythical massacre at Mohenjo-daro