Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization
Illustrated with color photos on every nearly page, the book is accessible to a general audience while discussing the latest scholarly research.
Books about discoveries at the mound of the dead (Mohenjo-daro) in Sindh, Pakistan between roughly 3000 BCE and 1800 BCE.
Walking with the Unicorn: Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia: Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Felicitation Volume
Walking with the Unicorn is an extraordinary volume and tribute to Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and his profound and extensive impact on the field of ancient Indus studies. Contributors include some 80% of the world's leading ancient Indus scholars who contributed some 45 illustrated articles.
Forgotten Cities on the Indus
Early civilization in Pakistan from the 8th to the 2nd millenium B.C. Beautifully illustrated with essays by a number of prominent European scholars.
The Magic in the Image: Women in Clay at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
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.
Excavations at Mohenjodaro, Pakistan: The Pottery
Two leading US archaeologists examine the pottery from Mohenjodaro to probe some of the most valuable clues to the development of Indus Valley culture.
Early Indians : The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
There is so much going on in DNA studies – even if pre-figured by linguistic studies – that having a solid guide to stitch it all together, including papers that landed with a giant thud in 2018, would be so very, very nice. Someone who could put it together for the layman or intelligent observer who finds it hard to sort through headlines and the latest pronouncements (and simplifications).
The Indus Civilization
This Supplemental Volume to the Cambridge History of India is an outdated (1968) but rigorously argued synthesis by a pioneering British archaeologist. With some nicely done plans and cross-sections.
A Day in the Life of Maya of Mohenjo-daro
Published in 1968, A Day in the Life of Maya of Mohenjo-Daro by Mulk Raj Anand was the first ever children’s story, and the second work of Indus Valley fiction after Murdon ka Teela written by Rangeya
Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization
Facsimile re-print of the first, essential excavations report at this key Indus city. Three volumes, fold out maps, plans, diagrams scale drawings of artifacts with 164 plates.
Prehistoric Civilization of the Indus Valley
These lectures at the University of Madras in 1935 by the archaeologist K. N. Dikshit is a little known but well-written and surprisingly relevant summary of what was known about the ancient Indus civilization after the first 14 years of excavations.