In this presentation we explore the Harappan settlement of Shortugai, established around 2500/400 BC in the Oxus basin, examining the links between the greater Indus Valley Civilization and the Oxus-Jaxartes Civilization, which evolved into the Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex.
References:
Notes on Shortugai: A Harappan Site in Northern Afghanistan by L. Dupree
How the twins met: Indus and Oxus Bronze Age Civilizations in Eastern Bactria by H.P. Francfort
The World of the Oxus Civilization-Routledge by Bertille Lyonnet and Nadezhda A. Dubova
Maps : J. McIntosh, P. Beaujard, National Geographic, Wikipedia and Geopoliticus.
Satellite Imagery : Google Earth.
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