Pre-Indus and Early Indus Cultures of Pakistan and India

The communities that lived in Baluchistan and in the Indus Valley were generally settled agricultural economies, reliant on land cultivation to support proto-urban settlements.  In these conditions, cultures developed and flourished, especially that of painted pottery and terracotta sculpture. As such, craftsmen came to be very important members of Indus societies, and specialization in individual crafts led to trade between communities in this region.