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

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