The proto-Indian or Harappan civilisation of the Indus valley of western India was known to the Mesopotamians as “the land of Melukhkha”, but their own name for themselves is not known. They provided sea-borne forces for the Great Revolt against Akkad and for the enemies of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The Indus civilisation collapsed around 1900 BC and was replaced by the less urbanised pre-Vedic culture which lasted until about 1500 BC. In his published account, Michael Jansen, one of the many excavators of their cities, says that they had no armies. However, numerous weapon finds include heavy spear heads, axes, dirks, arrowheads and baked clay slingshot, the latter especially associated with town defences. A rectangular shield is possibly represented on one seal. References: Armies of the Ancient Near East N. Stillman & N. Tallis. Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600BC WJ. Hamblin.
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MELUKHKHAN & PRE-VEDIC INDIAN 2700 BC - 1500 BC
— Melukhkhan or Pre-Vedic Indian Army 2700 BC - 1500 BC
List: 1 x General (3Pk or Sp), 3 x spearmen (3Pk or Sp), 2 x archers (4Bw), 2 x archers (4Bw) or Kulli highlanders (3Ax), 4 x slingers (Ps)
Terrain: Littoral
Aggression: 0
Enemies:
I/10 — MELUKHKHAN & PRE-VEDIC INDIAN 2700 BC - 1500 BC
I/11 — AKKADIAN 2334 BC - 2193 BC & THIRD DYNASTY OF UR 2112 BC - 2004 BC
I/23 — VEDIC INDIAN 1500 BC - 501 BC
I/5 — EARLY SUSIANA & ELAM 3000 BC - 800 BC
I/8 — MAKKAN, DILMUN, SABA, MA’IN & QATABAN 2800 BC - 312 BC