C. before the Harappan period under the influence of the early farming cultures of Balochistan. The material culture of the site indicates that the site fell under Harappan influence or occupation by circa 2500 B.C. and reverted to the Balochistan cultures by 2100 - 2000 B.C. This is the period when new summer crops such as rice were introduced into the Kachi plain in peripheral regions where the Indus Civilization had formerly flourished.
The early agricultural society that developed wheat cultivation in South Asia had not yet discovered metal tools. Instead these early farmers used sickles made of small stone blades inserted diagonally into wooden sticks for harvesting cereals. These composite tools were reusable as the original blades could be replaced with new ones when the old ones were broken. Sickles that were used for reaping wheat often still have silica from the ancient wheat stems adhered to the blade, which produces a sheen that is visible to the naked eye. Stone arrowheads were also used, and some of the arrowheads were decorated with artwork. Asphalt or bitumen was utilized to help secure these stone tools (blades and arrowheads) to the wooden components of composite tools and weapons.
Many other utilitarian stone utensils and tools have been found, such as axes and chisels used to cut timber and to expand fields, as well as querns, grinding stones and pestles used for grinding wheat and other materials. Querns with traces of red pigment are sometimes found buried with the dead in graves, which would seem to indicate a belief in an afterlife.
Before the rise of the Indus Civilization, terracotta figurines representing females in a variety of shapes and forms were made in Balochistan. They were probably used in fertility rituals intended to ensure a rich harvest and the well-being of domestic animals, but they may have had other functions as well. Regardless of the period or the craftsmanship, these early figurines portray seated humans (or deities) with exaggerated lower torsos (buttocks) and/or upper torsos (particularly the breasts), perhaps as an expression of the desire for the fecundity of plants, animals and people.