BRONZE AGE AND IRON AGE CULTURES IN XINJIANG, LIAISON TO HARAPPA: A RETROSPECT

Abstract

The Xinjiang region located in the hinterland of Eurasia and in Northwest of China that lies in eastern Central Asia to the north and south of the Tian Shan mountain range. In the last some decades, some of the archaeological researches in Xinjiang have revealed the truth about this region that has been a crossroad of different cultures since the Bronze Age. This region has been the best choice to study about the ancient cultures such as Bronze Age and Iron Age cultures. The existed cemetery culture is the paramount source to carve out the historical events that happened in the above-mentioned Ages. The metal objects found from cemeteries in the regions of Xinjiang tell the ancient cultures that depict the social and religious phenomenon. Same cemetery culture also subsisted at Harappa Site, Pakistan. The focusing of this article is to analyze the metal artifacts recovered from the Xinjiang and Harappa site. Both Xinjiang and Harappa are significant regarding cemetery cultures. Through this manuscript, religious, social, and cultural aspects of Xinjiang and Harappa have been highlighted.