Malwa culture
Topic: Prehistory: Human Origins and Stone Age Cultures · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Malwa culture was a Chalcolithic culture of the Malwa plateau in central India (Madhya Pradesh), in the second millennium BCE. Chalcolithic means people used copper along with stone tools. Its people made Malwa ware: pots with a buff or orange surface painted with designs in black. They grew wheat, barley and pulses and lived in round and rectangular huts. It is one of the main farming cultures of central India from after the Harappan period.
Example
Navdatoli, on the Narmada opposite Maheshwar, along with Eran and Nagda, are key Malwa culture sites. They have painted Malwa ware, mud huts and grain remains.
Don't confuse with
- Jorwe culture: a separate Chalcolithic culture of Maharashtra with its own painted pottery. Malwa culture belongs to the Malwa plateau of Madhya Pradesh.