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Index
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Table of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
CHAPTER 1 - Ancient Indian Civilization
ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIZATION
WHY IS THE INDUS AGE WORTH STUDYING?
GEOGRAPHY OF THE INDUS AGE
THE DISCOVERY OF THE INDUS AGE
THE FIRST VISIT TO AN HARAPPAN SITE
FURTHER EXCAVATIONS AT MOHENJO-DARO AND HARAPPA
CONTINUED EXCAVATION AT HARAPPA
SIR JOHN MARSHALL AND THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
W. NORMAN BROWN ENTERS THE FIELD AT CHANHU-DARO
PARTITION, INDEPENDENCE, AND MORE RECENT DIGGING
CONCLUSIONS
NOTES
CHAPTER 2 - The Beginnings of the Indus Age
SETTING THE SCENE
DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND DOMESTICATION
THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD-PRODUCING PEOPLES IN SOUTH ASIA
THE BEGINNINGS OF A CHRONOLOGY
STAGE ONE: THE BEGINNINGS OF THE VILLAGE FARMING COMMUNITY AND PASTORAL CAMP
STAGE TWO: THE DEVELOPED VILLAGE FARMING COMMUNITY AND PASTORAL SOCIETIES
THE NORTHERN NEOLITHIC: FOOD-PRODUCING COMMUNITIES ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF THE INDUS REGION
STAGE THREE: THE EARLY HARAPPAN
THE EARLY HARAPPAN-MATURE HARAPPAN TRANSITION
NOTES
CHAPTER 3 - The Indus Civilization
INTRODUCTION
THE IDEOLOGY OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
THE DIVERSITY OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
STAMP SEALS AND THE INDUS IDENTITY
THE ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF THE INDUS PEOPLES
INDUS SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND SUBSISTENCE
A SELECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL SITES
NOTES
CHAPTER 4 - The Technology of the Indus Age
INTRODUCTION
PYROTECHNOLOGY AND THE INDUS AGE
OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
CONCLUDING STATEMENT ON TECHNOLOGY
NOTES
CHAPTER 5 - The Architecture of the Indus Age
THE EARLY MATERIAL
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
SUMMARY: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
NOTES
CHAPTER 6 - The Art of the Indus Civilization
INTRODUCTION
HUMAN SCULPTURE IN THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
INDUS PAINTED POTTERY
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER 7 - The Indus Script
INTRODUCTION
SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON INDUS SEALS AND THE WRITING SYSTEM
THE STATE OF RESEARCH ON THE INDUS SCRIPT
FUTURE WORK AND THE NEED FOR A TEST OF DECIPHERMENT
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER 8 - Indus Religion
INTRODUCTION
INDUS RELIGION: SOME POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS
INDUS RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
HARAPPAN FUNERARY PRACTICES AND RELIGION
SYNTHESIS
LATER INDIAN TRADITION BEGINS IN THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
NOTES
CHAPTER 9 - Burial Customs and Biological Diversity of the Peoples of the Indus Civilization
INTRODUCTION
BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE HARAPPANS
THOUGHTS AND CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING HARAPPAN PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
NOTES
CHAPTER 10 - Gender and the Indus Age
INTRODUCTION
MEHRGARH-NAUSHARO FIGURINES
THE SOCIOCULTURAL FUNCTIONING OF THE FIGURINES
FIGURINES OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
EVIDENCE OF GENDER FROM INDUS CEMETERIES
CONCLUSION
NOTES
CHAPTER 11 - Mohenjo-daro
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE
THE MOUND OF THE GREAT BATH
THE LOWER TOWN AT MOHENJO-DARO
MOHENJO-DARO: THE CITY
NOTES
CHAPTER 12 - The Middle Asian Interaction Sphere
INTRODUCTION
THE DILMUN TRADE
HISTORICAL SOURCES ON MELUHHA
THE TEXTUAL REFERENCES AND THE PRODUCTS OF MAGAN AND DILMUN
INDUS MARITIME INTERESTS
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF INDUS CONTACTS WITH MESOPOTAMIA, THE GULF, AND IRAN
WESTERN MATERIAL IN THE GREATER INDUS VALLEY
THE MATERIAL RECORD OF CONTACT BETWEEN MESOPOTAMIA, THE GULF, AND THE INDUS CIVILIZATION: A SUMMARY
INTERACTION BETWEEN CENTRAL ASIA, BACTRIA, EASTERN IRAN, AND THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
THE THIRD MILLENNIUM MIDDLE ASIAN INTERACTION SPHERE AND THE BACTRIA-MARGIANA ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX
NOTES
CHAPTER 13 - The Transformation of the Indus Civilization
INTRODUCTION
WHEELER’S ARYAN ARMY
WEARING OUT THE LANDSCAPE
AN AVULSION OF THE INDUS RIVER: THE POSITION OF LAMBRICK AND MUGHAL
THE RAIKES/DALES DAM
NEW DATA FROM THE LOST SARASVATI
GURDIP SINGH AND CLIMATIC CHANGE
THE ALLCHINS’ APPROACH
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE TRANSFORMATION?
A THEORY FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
NOTES
CHAPTER 14 - The Indus Civilization: An Overview
INTRODUCTION
MYTHS ABOUT THE INDUS CIVILIZATION THAT NEED TO BE SET ASIDE IF WE ARE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE ANCIENT PEOPLES AND THEIR WAYS OF LIFE
DEEP HISTORY OF “INDEPENDENT” FOOD PRODUCTION
THE BEGINNINGS OF URBANIZATION AND THE INDUS IDEOLOGY
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
NOTES
References
Index
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