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Early Developments of Art, Symbol and Technology in the Indus Valley Tradition

Archaeologists studying the emergence of early civilizations often focus on finely crafted art objects in order to understand the aspects of economic, socio-political and religious organization. The importance of such objects is increased when studying early societies for which there are no written records, such as the Indus Valley civilization.

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The Indus Civilization: Unfathomed Depths of South Asian Culture

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

New studies are revealing the complexity and unique character of this protohistoric urban society that were not appreciated by earlier scholars.

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Trade and Technology of the Indus Valley

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Selected results of current research on specialized crafts at the early urban center of Harappa, Pakistan. Many crafts such as shell working, ceramics, and agate and glazed steatite bead making are represented form the earliest levels of the site and continue up to the final phase of prehistoric occupation.

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Beads, Faience, Bangles, Glass, Jewelry and Ornaments

Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Beads and pendants are important forms of ornament that have a very long history in the subcontinent.

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The stone and shell beads of the shell-midden settlement of RH-5 (Muscat, Sultanate of Oman)

Alessandra Pisan

A look at shell-midden and cemetery sites discovered in Oman that date back to the fifth millenium BCE, testifying to the levels of development in areas around the Indus Valley civilization thousands of years before it reached its peak.

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Dravidian Proof of the Indus Script via the Rig Veda: A Case Study

Iravatham Mahadevan

An important new paper by one of the foremost figures in Indus script research who takes a popular four sign sequence and offers an interpretation.

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The Lothal Revisitation Project. A Fine Thread Connecting Ancient India to Contemporary Raveena

Dennys Frenez

The full story of excavations at Lothal, including the 2008-2009 revisitation project which included satellite imagery and magnetic surveys indicating the presence of interesting structures for a future excavation project.

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The Levallois Mousterian Assemblages of Sindh

Paolo Biagi

The research carried out in the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula has improved our knowledge of the Middle Paleolithic in the regions. However, the southeasternmost distribution of the Levallois Mousterian is still poorly defined.

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Crocodile in the Indus Civilization and later South Asian traditions

Asko Parpola

Asko Parpola presents a wide-ranging investigation of the evidence of crocodiles in the Indus Civilization and later traditions.

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Why so many different stones? The Late (Upper) Palaeolithic record of Sindh reconsidered

Paolo Biagi

The research carried out in Sindh during the last forty years, and the study of the chipped stone assemblages stored in Karachi University collections, show that Late (Upper) Palaeolithic [50,000-10,000 years ago] complexes are known from at least five regions of Sindh. Most sites are located close to good quality raw material outcrops and freshwater sources.

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