Indian Nights' Entertainment or Folktales from the Upper Indus
Originally published in 1892, a collection of very old folktales from the region collected by an Englishman in the 19th century.
117 new and classic books on the ancient Indus civilization, from exhibition catalogues to excavation reports, from the scientific to the creative.
Harappan Civilization and Rojdi
Renewed excavations at the Harappan site of Rojdi in Rajkot District of Saurashtra were begun in 1982-83 by a joint archaeological team from the Gujarat State Department of Archaeology and The University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
Kulli: An Exploration of Ancient Civilization in Asia
An eminent Indus archaeologist looks at the Kulli culture, a highland culture in Baluchistan contemporaneous and adjacent to the ancient Indus civilization at its height. So little is known about this distinct culture whose hallmarks seem to have been absorbed into later Indus Civilization.
Indus Valley: entry from Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
This stunning source explores the nutritional and cultural impact of food, with articles written by anthropologists, chefs, food historians, nutritionists, agronomists, food stylists, and other food researchers.
Indus Age: The Beginnings
This volume tells the story of the modern discovery of the Harappan Civilization, starting in the early 19th century, when the city of Harappa was first visited by antiquarians.
Kalat Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, & the Punjab, 1826 to 1838
A brief account of the revolt in Balochistân, an episode merely of the great political drama enacted west of the Indus, as described by one of the first Europeans to write about Harappa.
The Indus Civilization
A briefer, more popular version of Mackay's more scholarly two-volume Further Excavations at Mohenjo-daro.
Chanhu-daro Excavations (1935-1936)
The detailed and highly informative excavation reports from the only American-sponsored pre-partition Indus excavations at this manufacturing site in Sindh. Available online.
Facets of Indian Civilization: Recent Perspectives [Essays in Honor of Prof. BB Lal 3 Volumes]
Hardcover: 1068 pages
Publisher: Aryan Books International (May 1, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 8173050872
ISBN-13: 978-8173050879
The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity
A number of essays collected by a prominent theoretician of language and culture and a Sanskritologist, with contributions by Madhav Deshpande, Arvind Sharma, Mark Kenoyer, Asko Parpola and others.
Frontiers of the Indus Civilization: Sir Mortimer Wheeler Commemoration Volume
An important collection of over 50 (!) essays on all aspects of the Indus civilization, by numerous luminaries in the field, covering everything from terminology to materials, class structure, script and art.
The Evolution and History of Human Populations in South Asia: Inter-disciplinary Studies in Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, Linguistics and Genetics
This is the first volume of its kind on prehistoric cultures of South Asia. The book brings together archaeologists, biological anthropologists, geneticists and linguists.
Prehistoric Research in Afghanistan (1959-1966)
An eminent American expert on Afghanistan collected numerous essays on paleolithic, chalcolithic and early Iron Age Afghanistan, showing the extent of human cultures in the area dating back tens of thousands of years.
The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology: The Archaeological Foundations of Ancient India
This authoritative work, the first comprehensive study of its kind, traces the evolving archaeological scenario of the Indian subcontinent, area by area, phase by phase, from prehistory to the thirteenth century AD.
India: An Archaeological History: Palaeolithic Beginnings to Early Historic Foundations
The increased pace in archaeological research in recent decades has yielded a construction of the history of prehistoric and early historic India primarily in terms of archaeology. This book charts the flow of India's grassroots archaeological history.
The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia: The Emergence of Cities and States
Drawing on archaeological studies and also on texts and inscriptions, this book explores the character of the early Indian cities, paying particular attention to their art and architecture and analyzing the political ideas that shaped the state systems.
Moen jo Daro: Metropolis of the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BCE) A Personal View
A beautiful book with excellent photographs by Amean J of Mohenjo-daro, many fine Indus-themed paintings by the renowned Pakistani painter Laila Shehzada, and well written essays by Parveen Talpur exploring in particular the close relationships between ancient Mohenjo-daro and contemporary Sindhi traditions and practices.
The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing
According to the author, The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Indus Writing is a detailed examination of the Indus script.
Indus Civilization Sites in India New Discoveries
The July 21, 2006 edition of the Marg Foundation's magazine includes a number of essays by leading ancient Indus scholars on recent work at Indian sites, many color photographs and some nice 3-D
Daimabad 1976-79
Discovered in 1958, the excavations between 1976-79 by the Archaeological Survey of India shed much light on this late and post-Harappan site in Maharashtra, then the southern-most known Indus site.