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The Indus civilization : supplementary volume to the Cambridge history of India
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In 1921 at Harappā, a small town in the Punjab, and in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro in Sind, evidence was discovered of an evolved urban culture nearly two thousand years older than any previously recogniz...
In 1921 at Harappā, a small town in the Punjab, and in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro in Sind, evidence was discovered of an evolved urban culture nearly two thousand years older than any previously recognized in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. In this third edition Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarized the new contributions to the study of the Indus civilization. Several sections have been rewritten, including new discussions on climate and dating. The book has been entirely reset, the figures redrawn, and new photographs of pottery, sculpture and sites have been added.
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- Creator
- Sir Mortimer Wheeler
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- Language
- English
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- Third edition
- Cambridge : University Press, 1968
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- xi, 143 pages [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, folded plans ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521069580, 9780521069588, 0521095387, 9780521095389
- OCLC
- ocm14159808
- Includes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.
- Terminology -- Distribution -- General chronology -- Climate -- Towns and villages of hill and plain -- The Indus civilization -- Mohenjo-daro and Harappā : general layout -- Harappā -- Mohenjo-daro -- Chanhu-daro -- Sutkāgen-dor and other north-western sites -- Lothal and other southern and eastern sites -- Burials and skeletal types -- Military aspects of the Indus civilization -- Commerce and transport -- Farming and fauna -- Arts and crafts -- The Indus script -- The Indus religions -- Dating -- The end of the Indus civilization -- Conclusion -- Appendix: distribution of Harappan sites