With reference to the overland resource distribution channels linking the Indus basin with Central Asia and Iran, which of the following peripheral sites functioned as vital trade relay or formatting nodes?

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Overland trading corridors relied on key nodes across Afghanistan and Iran. Mundigak (Kandahar) served as a gateway to Central Asian resources, while Shahr-i Sokhta (Helmand) and Tepe Yahya functioned as centers for shaping and formatting crude lapis lazuli, turquoise, and chlorite raw materials before distribution into Indus urban centers.

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