Hakra Ware culture
[1][2] This culture arises in the 4th millennium with the first remnants of Hakra Ware pottery appearing near Jalilpur on the Ravi River about 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Harappa in 1972.
It also uses geometric, flora and fauna detailing in objects such as saucer shaped lids, handmade bowls, cups and jars.
[citation needed] The Hakra Ware culture also made structures in the form of subterranean dwelling pits, cut into the natural soil.
[5] This river flows close to the Cholistan area in Pakistan which is the location of the earliest dated Hakra Ware culture.
[9] Hakra Ware produced wide shouldered, globular shaped pottery with thick and under fired surfaces, that are either handmade or wheel made.
Once each layer is exposed it is then recorded to further understand the chronological time frame of the Hakra Ware cultures with relation to habitation, lifestyle and settlement.
This region is situated on the left bank of the river Saraswati which contained incised and mud-applique handmade pottery in black, white and red ware.
[10][12] Situated in the Fatehabad district of Haryana in the Ghaggar valley, Bhiranna has a distinct Early-Harrapan level that displays Hakra Ware culture.
[10] Recurring shapes found were vases, bowls, globular pots with handles, cups and storage jars that were rarely discovered.
[12] Located in the Rohtak District of Haryana, Girawar has the presence of both handmade and wheel-made Hakra Ware pottery.
Other discoveries amongst the Hakra Ware, were terracotta and steatite beads and bangle fragments, similar to the ones found in the Farmana regions.
[10] Recent excavations in the regions of Kunal, Cholsitan and Bhirrana has revealed many things in regards to the lifestyle of the people practising Hakra Ware culture.
[8][11] Moving forward a few years into the Harrappan period, when Hakra Ware flourished, people started migrating out of dwelling pits and built houses made of sun-baked bricks [6].
[10] However, after dating the materials used in the Hakra Ware artefacts found in Bhiranna, this was shortly refuted and was proposed to exist in an earlier time period.
[10] From the findings at Bhirrana, a timeline was compiled to help visualise where Hakra Ware culture sat amongst the rest of the periods that occurred.
