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The Painted Grey Ware culture (PGW) is an Iron Age Indian culture of the western Gangetic plain and the Ghaggar-Hakra valley in the Indian subcontinent, conventionally dated c.1200 to 600–500 BCE,[1][2] though newer publications have suggested a range of 1500 to 700 BCE,[3][4] or from 1300 to 500–300 BCE.[5][6][7] It is a successor of the Cemetery H culture and Black and red ware culture (BRW) within this region, and contemporary with the continuation of the BRW culture in the eastern Gangetic plain and Central India.[8]

Map of some Painted Grey Ware (PGW) sites.

Characterized by a style of fine, grey pottery painted with geometric patterns in black,[9] the PGW culture is associated with village and town settlements, domesticated horses, ivory-working, and the advent of iron metallurgy.[10] As of 2014, more than 1,100 PGW sites have been discovered.[11] Although most PGW sites were