The Birth of Indian Civilization: India and Pakistan Before 500 B.C.

Allchin Amri Ancient India animals appears Archaeological Survey Asia axes Baluchistan black-and-red ware blades bones Brahmagiri brick burial burins cattle Central India century Ceylon Chalcolithic Chandoli citadel cores Deccan decoration district Doab earlier earliest Early Stone Age east eastern evidence excavations Figure figurines flakes Ganges valley graves Hallur hand-axes Harappan culture Harappan period Hastinapura hills Indian subcontinent indicate Indus civilization Indus valley Iran Iron Age Jorwe Kalibangan Karnataka Kot Diji Late Stone Age later lithic Lothal Maharashtra Malwa microliths Middle Stone Age Mohenjo-daro motifs Mundigak Mysore Narbada Navdatoli Neolithic Nevasa occupation Painted Grey ware painted pottery peninsula phase Piklihal plains Plate post-Harappan pottery pre-Harappan prehistoric probably Punjab quartz radiocarbon dates Rangpur region Rigveda river rock shelters seals sequence settlements south India southern Stone Age industries Stone Age tools stone-blade industry suggests surface Survey of India techniques Tekkalakota terracotta tradition western