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The rise of civilization in India and Pakistan

Print Book, English, 1982
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982
xiv, 379 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780521242448, 9780521285506, 0521242444, 052128550X
8193940
List of tables and figures
Preface
1. Archaeology in South Asia
Part I. Constituent Elements: 2. Prehistoric environments
3. The earliest South Asians
4. Hunter-gatherers and nomadic pastoralists
5. The first agricultural communities
Part II. Indus Urbanism: 6. The early Indus period
7. The mature Indus civilization - I
8. The mature Indus civilization - II
Part III. The Legacy of the Indus Civilization: 9. The aftermath of the Indus civilization in the Indus and Ganges systems
10. The aftermath of the Indus civilization in Peninsular India
11. The arrival of Indo-Aryan speaking people and the spread of the Indo-Aryan languages
12. The Iron Age and the emergence of classical Indian civilization
13. Subcontinental unity and regional diversity
Select general bibliography
Index.