Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization
The essential excavations report at the key Indus city of Mohenjo-daro. Three volumes, fold out maps, plans, diagrams scale drawings of artifacts with 164 plates.
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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.
Civilizations of the Indus Valley and Beyond
An expanded version of Sir Mortimer Wheeler's 1961 essay bringing information about the Indus civilization to the general public. Well-illustrated with reconstructions of the "granaries" as Wheeler conceived them.
The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf, c. 5000-323 BC
The archaeological remains in the Gulf area are astounding, and still relatively unexplored. Michael Rice has produced the first up-to-date book, which encompasses all the recent work in the area.
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.
The Curse of Mohenjodaro
"Unputdownable," according to noted contemporary Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie, this is a well-written, engaging story that switches back and forth between a modern excavation of Mohenjodaro and a storyline set in 3700 BCE, connected through a bloodstone with supernatural powers that, in the right hands, transcends time.
Journey of a Civilization Indus to Vaigai
This is an exceptional book, from its high production value to well marshaled arguments and the broad perspective of its author, R. Balakrishnan. He has been researching the materials for decades in a careful and constructive manner. It is also a tribute to the late Iravatham Mahadevan, one of my favorite people in ancient Indus studies and India's most accomplished Indus script scholar.
South Asian Archaeology 1989
Papers from the 10th International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe. Many articles relate to the Indus Valley.
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.
Still Digging
The memoir of an important Indus archaeologist that recounts 45 years of archaeological work from Roman ruins in Britain to southern India.