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There has been considerable speculation by serious researchers into the Bronze/Iron Age cultures who could have produced the itihaasas. While not being a pursuit into the exact provenance.

Krishna Kumar published a detailed analysis in BORI 1992.....(1/n)


The earliest culture marked by a very specific profusion of weapons is the Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) culture in the Upper Ganga-Yamuna Doab.

Flat, bar & shouldered celts, double edged axe, hatchet, rings, antennae swords, hooked swords and spearheads, barbed harpoons...(2/n)

Krishna Kumar provides a detailed characterisation of the economy of the OCP people...(3/n)


The OCP culture has its origins in the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE in the chalcolithic Ganeshwara-Jodhpura culture. (Deepak Nair, 2012)

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Krishna Kumar points out the similarity of weapons mentioned in the Ramayana to those of the archaeological remains of the OCP culture. (5/n)