A recent excavation in Vadnagar of Gujarat, unearthed evidence of unbroken cultural continuity spanning centuries.
The continuity after the Harappan collapse is making it likely that the “Dark Age” was a myth.
They found the evidence of a human settlement that is as old as 800 BCE contemporary to late-Vedic/pre-Buddhist Mahajanapadas or oligarchic republics.
The period between the collapse of the Indus Valley Civilisation and the emergence of the Iron Age and cities like Gandhar, Koshal, and Avanti is often depicted as a Dark Age.