Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early Archaeology of South Asia |
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The Rediscovery of the Past | 1 |
The South Asian Setting | 12 |
Ancestors of Mankind and | 33 |
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Acheulean agricultural Allchin animals appear archaeological arid Asian blades bones brick cattle Central India century chapter cities climatic coastal cores craft culture deposits desert Dholavira Doab earlier earliest Early Harappan Early Harappan period environment evidence excavated factory flakes flood Ganges plains Ganges valley gravels groups Hakra hand-axes hectares Himalayas hominid human indicate Indus civilization Indus plains Indus system Indus valley industries inscriptions Kalibangan later Lothal Lower Indus Lower Palaeolithic major material Mature Harappan Mature Harappan period Mehrgarh Mesolithic Mesopotamia microliths Middle Palaeolithic millennium BC Mohenjo-daro Neolithic northern Pakistan Palaeolithic artefacts pattern phase Photo Plate population Post-urban period pottery probably Punjab radiocarbon dates Rahman Dheri rainfall Rajasthan range region river rock Rohri Rohri hills Sarasvati seals sequence settlements silt Sindh South Asia southern Sri Lanka Stone Age stone artefacts stone tools subcontinent suggests Thar trade tradition tributaries Upper Palaeolithic urban