Metal Craft of Harappan Culture: A Cast Study at Binjor
An interesting paper about a recently excavated center of metallurgy in Bijnor, Rajasthan.
Ancient Indus civilization articles which can be downloaded and read as PDF files from this site.
Saar and its external relations: new evidence for interaction between Bahrain and Gujarat during the early second millennium BC
The apparently sudden appearance of Indus-type seals, pottery and other implements around 2000 BCE in the Arabian Gulf, just before the Indus cities and culture seems to have gone into decline, is a great mystery.
Royal "Chariot" Burials of Sanauli near Delhi and Archaeological Correlates of Prehistoric Indo-Iranian Languages
Another important and recent (October 2020) paper by Asko Parpola. He examines the 2018 finds from the Late Harappan site of Sanauli near Delhi in light of his research on early Indo-Aryan languages in the subcontinent and their origin in Central Asia.
Multi-cropping, Intercropping and Adaptation to Variable Environments in Indus South Asia
A comprehensive look at what we know about agricultural strategies during the ancient Indus period, and how truly varied and sophisticated these most likely were, with careful adaptation to local conditions and water availability.
The Origins of the Indus Civilization
As Dr. Rafique Mughal leads the first major excavation at the site of Ganweriwala in the Cholistan desert – an exceptionally exciting development in ancient Indus archaeology – it is well worth reviewing his earlier papers, many of which were published in Pakistani archaeological journals forty or more years ago.
Feeding ancient cities in South Asia: dating the adoption of rice, millet and tropical pulses in the Indus civilisation
An investigation of the agricultural practices that supported the rise of the Indus civilization by focusing on summer and winter crops used at settlements in the Rakhigarhi, Haryana area, particularly Masudpur VII and Masudpur I.
A Dravidian solution to the Indus script problem
A Dravidian solution to the Indus script problem was presented as the Katalgnar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Research Endowment Lecture on June 25, 2010 in Coimbatore.
The Archaeological Sites of the Rohri Hills (Sindh, Pakistan): the Way they are Being Destroyed
Some 90 miles from Mohenjo-daro, one of the largest archaeological sites in the world is being destroyed after surviving for hundreds of thousands of years.
The Indus Fish Swam in the Great Bath
Iravatham Mahadevan considers this late 2011 paper to be "one of the most important papers I have written."
Steatite and Faience Manufacturing at Harappa: New Evidence from Mound E Excavations 2000-2001
The various types of materials present at this site reveal a complex network of trade and exchange that spread throughout the Indus Valley.