Nor are we very much nearer when we examine the village cultures of Baluchistan and the adjacent plain which flourished about 3000 BC, and which were the immediate precursors of the Indus civilization.

• 为了更好地了解印度河文明，有必要了解俾路支及其邻近平原的乡村文化。 这些文化是印度河文化的先驱，在公元前3000年左右已很繁荣。