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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.

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Multi-cropping, Intercropping and Adaptation to Variable Environments in Indus South Asia

Cameron A. Petrie

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.

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The Origins of the Indus Civilization

M. Rafique Mughal

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.

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A Dravidian solution to the Indus script problem

Asko Parpola

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.

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The Archaeological Sites of the Rohri Hills (Sindh, Pakistan): the Way they are Being Destroyed

Paolo Biagi

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.

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The Indus Fish Swam in the Great Bath

Iravatham Mahadevan

Iravatham Mahadevan considers this late 2011 paper to be "one of the most important papers I have written."

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Steatite and Faience Manufacturing at Harappa: New Evidence from Mound E Excavations 2000-2001

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The various types of materials present at this site reveal a complex network of trade and exchange that spread throughout the Indus Valley.

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The Indus Bead Industry: Contributions to Bead Technology

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Recent studies of the Indus Civilization and the developments that preceded it during the Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic in the Indus Valley and Baluchistan are revealing many new aspects of human culture in South Asia.

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Excavations at Harappa 1994-1995: New Perspectives on Indus Scripts, Craft Activities, and City Organization

Excavations at Harappa 1944-1955: New Perspectives on Indus Scripts, Craft Activities, and City Organization

Richard H. Meadow

Harappa Site Plan Until quite recently, the common view of the Indus Civilization has been as a phenomenon largely undifferentiated in space and time over more than 500,000 sq km and the 500 to 700 years of its existence (2600/2500-2000/1900 B.C.). With continuing archaeological work throughout

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New Perspectives on the Mauryan and Kushana Periods

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The author writes: "As an archaeologist who has focused primarily on the first urbanism of the Indus valley, my interest in the Mauryan and Kushana periods arises from a need to understand what happened in the greater Indus valley after the decline and transformation of the Indus cities."

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