New research, based on 34 excavated graves in Udegram, and in the nearby site of Gogdhara, has uncovered two Gandhara grave culture burial phases, the first between 1400 and 1100 BCE, and the second from 1000 to 800 BCE, with an inter-phase in Gogdhara, from 1200 to 900 BCE. ... with an inter-phase in Gogdhara, from 1200 to 900 BCE. [14]

Udegram graveyard: a) the trampled surface with post-holes; b) the excavated graves; c) the north-south section of the main trench (drawings by R. Micheli).

It would be misleading, to say the least, to treat burial sites as representative of the whole culture at a particular point in time. There are many variables that can affect the population of a burial site, who is buried there, why they are buried at that particular spot, and when the burial site was used over time, to cite just a few of many factors to evaluate.

New research, based on 34 excavated graves in Udegram, and in the nearby site of Gogdhara, has uncovered two Gandhara grave culture burial phases, the first between 1400 and 1100 BCE, and the second from 1000 to 800 BCE, with an inter-phase in Gogdhara, from 1200 to 900 BCE. ... with an inter-phase in Gogdhara, from 1200 to 900 BCE. [14]

Udegram graveyard: a) the trampled surface with post-holes; b) the excavated graves; c) the north-south section of the main trench (drawings by R. Micheli).

It would be misleading, to say the least, to treat burial sites as representative of the whole culture at a particular point in time. There are many variables that can affect the population of a burial site, who is buried there, why they are buried at that particular spot, and when the burial site was used over time, to cite just a few of many factors to evaluate.