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Erm, the Gandhara Grave Culture is associated with the arrival of the Aryan migrants from Central Asia (BMAC). (1500 BC to 500 BC)
The Cemetary - H culture (1900 BC) was a significant shift eastward from the IVC, and the later Painted Gray Ware culture (1100 BC) succeeded the Cemetery H culture.
Remember, before Cemetery H, the Gangetic plains were uninhabited, thickly forested.
The painted gray ware culture on the other hand is associated with the Mahabharata.
Gandhara is considered one of the cultures that developed from the IVC, but yes, supposedly in conjunction with the arrival of the Aryan immigrants - which I imagine implies a melding of the two peoples and cultures. So it quite obviously involves the IVC, or it wouldn't be classified as one of three major off shoots of the IVC like the cemetery H would it?
I have also read that the Painted Greyware was influenced by the local (to the Gangetic plains) Black and Redware culture along with the cemetery H, how does that tie in with uninhabited Gangetic plains?