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The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective

The author, the late Gregory Possehl, was one of the world's leading experts on the ancient Indus Valley. This recently published book is a summary of his extensive volumes summarizing ancient Indus archaeology and research.

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Trade Winds to Meluhha

Vasant Dave

A gripping fictional work following the adventures of a young Sumerian boy as he journeys through the ancient Indus civilization.

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Indus Valley: entry from Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

Encyclopedia of Food and Culture- A holistic approach to the Cultural Anthropology of Foodways

Gregory Possehl

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.

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Lothal and the Indus Civilization

Shikarpur Raganatha Rao

The 1972 book detailing the first excavations at Lothal by S.R. Rao, the discoverer in of the site in 1954. With some good and important albeit black and white illustrations.

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Fire Seer (Coalition of Mages)

Amy Raby

Taya has risen from humble roots to become a fire seer in the Coalition of Mages. Eager to prove herself, she arrives in the town of Harappa to locate a “jackal”—a mage operating outside the Coalition’s authority—who has murdered three people.

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The Indus Civilization An Interdisciplinary Perspective

D. P. Agrawal

It spreads over an area of more than a million sq km, an area much bigger than the Mesopotamian and the Egyptian Civilizations which are famous for their sepulchral splendor. Though technologically innovative, the Indus Civilization in marked by a modesty and the functionality of its architecture and artifacts.

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The Magic in the Image: Women in Clay at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

Shereen Ratnagar

Do the many female figurines at Indus sites justify the belief that the worship of a "mother Goddess" was prevalent then? One of India's most distinguished archaeologists offers a contrary viewpoint in this deeply informed, multi-faceted analysis of these figurines.

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Disease and Healing in the Indus Civilisation

Robert Arnott

An absorbing book that brings to the reader in most direct fashion the complexities of living in some of the world's first cities. Dr. Robert Arnott manages to collate the manifold existential challenges inhabitants would have faced and brought them all together for the first time in one place.

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Deciphering the Indus Script

Asko Parpola

Summing up thirty years of groundbreaking investigation by a Finnish Sanskritologist and world's expert on Indus writing. By far the best, most comprehensive guide to the Indus script problem.

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Moen jo Daro: Metropolis of the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BCE) A Personal View

Parveen Talpur

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.

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