[2][3][4] Several Chalcolithic sites, with four occupational phases,[5] have been discovered in the Malwa region of central India.

[3][7] The Kayatha culture represents the earliest known agriculture settlement in the present-day Malwa region.

[9] An interesting aspect is that the earliest occupants used triangular terracota cake-like objects, stone weights, buff ware etc.

[2] Also of archeological and anthropological significance is the parallel between the bull forms from Kayatha and south European sites.

[3] Though not much is known about the religious practices of the Kayatha culture but it is suggested that they must have been in contact with OCP people in North and the Harappans.