The ancient Indus Valley: new perspectives

Series Editor's Preface

Maps

Part 1. Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction

The Indus in Its Setting

A Lost Civilization

A Land of Unsolved Mysteries

Part 2. Indus Civilization

Chapter 2. Location of the Indus Civilization and Its Environmental Setting

Location

The Environmental Setting

The Changing Landscape

Environmental Degradation

Chapter 3. Historical and Chronological Setting

History of the Investigation of South Asia's Past

Studying the Indus Civilization

Chapter 4. Origins, Growth, and Decline of the Indus Civilization

Early South Asia (ca. 2 to 1 Million-7000 BCE)

Early Farmers in Northwest South Asia (7000-4300 BCE)

Later Settlements (4300-3200 BCE)

The Early Indus (Early Harappan) Period (3200-2600 BCE)

The Transition (2600-2500/2450 BCE)

The Mature Indus Civilization (2600-1900/1800 BCE)

The Posturban (Late Harappan) Period (1900/1800-1300 BCE)

Chapter 5. Economics

Subsistence Patterns

Arable Agriculture

Animal Husbandry

Aquatic Resources

Wild Resources

Chapter 6. Resources, Trade, and Communications

Introduction

Internal Trade and Communications

South Asian Trade and Exchange

Overland Trade across the Iranian Plateau

Gulf Trade

Later Developments in Local and International Trade

Chapter 7. Settlements

Settlements and Settlement Patterns

Cities, Towns, and Villages

The Features of Urban Centers

Chapter 8. Social and Political Organization

Introduction

Clues to Social Organization

Clues to Political Organization

Chapter 9. Religion and Ideology

Introduction

Religious Structures

Iconography

Ritual Practices

The Treatment of the Dead

Reconstructing Harappan Religion

Chapter 10. Material Culture

Workshops and Factories

Construction

Artifacts

Art

Chapter 11. Intellectual Accomplishments

Numbers, Time, and Space

Languages

The Indus Script

Part 3. Current Assessment

Chapter 12. The Indus Civilization Today

The Emergence of Harappan Civilization

Theories on the Sociopolitical Organization of the Indus State

Indus Collapse

Glossary

Chronology

Resources for Further Study

General

History of Discovery

Indus Antecedents

The Indus Civilization in South Asian Culture

Neighbors of the Indus Civilization

The End of the Indus Civilization and the Post-Harappan Period

Economy, Trade, and Foreign Relations

Industry, Technology, and Science

The Harappan People

Social and Political Organization

Settlement and Settlements

Language, Writing, and Seals

Useful Web Pages

Journals and Occasional Publications

Index

About the Author