thumb|Map of the Indus Valley Civilization, late phase
The Jhukar Phase, was a phase of the Late Harappan culture in Sindh that continued after the decline of the mature Indus Valley Civilisation in the 2nd millennium BC.
It is named after the archaeological type site called Jhukar in Sindh.
It was, in turn, followed by the Jhangar Phase.
Jhukar and Jhangar phases are collectively called  Jhukar and Jhangar culture (1900 - 1500 BCE).
Cemetery H culture (subculture of Late Harrapan IVC Phase) in Punjab was contemporaneous to Jhukar-Jhangar culture (subculture of Late Harrapan IVC Phase) in Sindh, both have evidence of continuity and change.
Jhukar culture is associated with the sites excavated at Jhukar, Chanchudaro and Amri (Amri also as an earlier and distinct Amri culture belonging to earlier phases of IVC).Upinder Singh, 2008, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th century, Pearson Education, p. 211..
Rangpur culture in Gujarat, also part of Late Phase of IVC, was also contemporaneous to both.
The pottery of this phase is described as "showing some continuity with mature Harappan pottery traditions."
Upinder Singh (2008), A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, p.211 During this phase, urban features of cities (such as Mohenjo-Daro) disappeared, and artifacts such as stone weights and female figurines became rare.
This phase is characterized by some circular stamp seals with geometric designs, although lacking the Indus script which characterized the preceding phase of the civilization.
Script is rare and confined to potsherd inscriptions.Singh (2008) There was also a decline in long-distance trade.J.M. Kenoyer (2006), "Cultures and Societies of the Indus Tradition.
In Historical Roots" in the Making of ‘the Aryan’, R. Thapar (ed.), pp.
21–49.
New Delhi, National Book Trust.
See also
Chronological dating
Phases in archaeology
Pottery in the Indian subcontinent
Periodisation of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Ahar-Banas culture
Late Harappan Phase of IVC (1900 - 1500 BCE)
Cemetery H culture in Punjab
Jhukar-Jhangar culture in Punjab
Rangpur culture in Gujarat
Vedic period
Kuru Kingdom (1200 – c. 500 BCE)
OCP (2000-1500 BCE)
Copper Hoard Culture (2800-1500 BCE), may or may not be independent of vedic culture
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