UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2019 · Q3(c) · 20 marks
There are no literary sources for the Harappan culture and no archaeological evidence for the Vedic period Explain the phenomenon.
- Chapter
- Sources
- Topic
- Archaeology, Inscriptions, Coins and Seals
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