(The) Decline and fall of the Indus civilization
(The) Decline and fall of the Indus civilization
edited by Nayanjot Lahiri
- New Delhi Permanent Black 2000
- xii, 410p. : ill., maps. ; 21.5 cm.
Includes bibliography.
PART I: INDUS CITIES AND THE ARYANS: HISTORICAL CONQUERORS MYTHICAL MARAUDERS OR VEDIC HARAPPANS: First formulations: Chanda vs Chanda: The Indus valley in the Vedic period / The Aryans: a study of Indo-European origins / Survival of the prehistoric civilization of the Indus valley / The debate continues : Harappa 1946: the defences and cemetery R37 / The supposed carnage of the city people by the Aryans / The relation of Harappan culture with the Rig Veda / The mythical massacre at Mohenjodaro / It is time to rethink / Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races / Aryan invasions over four millennia / PART II: ENVIRONMENT AND COLLAPSE: Silt and sediment: evidence and interpretation : Chanhu-daro excavations / Lothal: a Harappan port town / Bio-geological evidence bearing on the decline of the Indus valley civilization / The Indus flood plain and the 'Indus' civilization / The consequences of river changes for the Harappan settlements in Cholistan / Kalibangan: death from natural causes / Remote sensing of the lost Saraswati river / High resolution holocene environmental changes in the Thar Desert, Northwestern India / Climate, a factor in the rise and fall of the Indus civilization - evidence from Rajasthan and beyond / The impact of Harappan on the environment: The origin, character and decline of an early civilization / PART III: FROM A CITY CIVILIZATION TO A PHASE OF DEVOLUTION: Continuity or change: The late Harrapans / Conquerors from the west / Excavation at Rangpur and other explorations in Gujarat / Survival? Revival? Import? / Dholavira / Late Harappan settlements of Western India, with special reference to Gujarat / Continuity and change in the north Kachi plain (Baluchistan, Pakistan) at the beginning of the second Millennium / The patterns and problems in the history of crops / Rice and ragi at Harappa: preliminary results by plant opal analysis / Raw material usage and trade routes / Ramaprasad Chanda -- V. Gordon Childe -- Ramaprasad Chanda -- R. E. M. Wheeler -- P. V. Kane -- A. D. Pusalker -- George F. Dales -- B. B. Lal -- Kenneth A. R. Kennedy -- Edmund Leach -- E. J. H. Mackay -- S. R. Rao -- M. R. Sahni -- H. T. Lambrick -- M. R. Mughal -- Robert Raikes -- Yash Pal, Baldev Sahai, R. K. Sood and D. P. Agrawal -- Y. Enzel, L. L. Ely, S. Mishra, R. Ramesh, R. Amit, B. Lazar, S. N. Rajaguru, V. R. Baker and A. Sandler -- V. N. Mishra -- Walter A. Fairservis -- Dilip K. Chakrabarti -- Stuart Piggott -- S. R. Rao -- A. Ghosh -- R. S. Bisht -- Kuldeep K. Bhan -- J. F. Jarrige -- Dilip K. Chakrabarti -- H. Fujiwara, M. R. Mughul, A. Sasaki and T. Matano -- Nayanjot Lahiri
8178240327 Rs.350.00 9788178240329
History--Ancient world history--India
History
934 / LAD
Includes bibliography.
PART I: INDUS CITIES AND THE ARYANS: HISTORICAL CONQUERORS MYTHICAL MARAUDERS OR VEDIC HARAPPANS: First formulations: Chanda vs Chanda: The Indus valley in the Vedic period / The Aryans: a study of Indo-European origins / Survival of the prehistoric civilization of the Indus valley / The debate continues : Harappa 1946: the defences and cemetery R37 / The supposed carnage of the city people by the Aryans / The relation of Harappan culture with the Rig Veda / The mythical massacre at Mohenjodaro / It is time to rethink / Have Aryans been identified in the prehistoric skeletal record from South Asia? Biological anthropology and concepts of ancient races / Aryan invasions over four millennia / PART II: ENVIRONMENT AND COLLAPSE: Silt and sediment: evidence and interpretation : Chanhu-daro excavations / Lothal: a Harappan port town / Bio-geological evidence bearing on the decline of the Indus valley civilization / The Indus flood plain and the 'Indus' civilization / The consequences of river changes for the Harappan settlements in Cholistan / Kalibangan: death from natural causes / Remote sensing of the lost Saraswati river / High resolution holocene environmental changes in the Thar Desert, Northwestern India / Climate, a factor in the rise and fall of the Indus civilization - evidence from Rajasthan and beyond / The impact of Harappan on the environment: The origin, character and decline of an early civilization / PART III: FROM A CITY CIVILIZATION TO A PHASE OF DEVOLUTION: Continuity or change: The late Harrapans / Conquerors from the west / Excavation at Rangpur and other explorations in Gujarat / Survival? Revival? Import? / Dholavira / Late Harappan settlements of Western India, with special reference to Gujarat / Continuity and change in the north Kachi plain (Baluchistan, Pakistan) at the beginning of the second Millennium / The patterns and problems in the history of crops / Rice and ragi at Harappa: preliminary results by plant opal analysis / Raw material usage and trade routes / Ramaprasad Chanda -- V. Gordon Childe -- Ramaprasad Chanda -- R. E. M. Wheeler -- P. V. Kane -- A. D. Pusalker -- George F. Dales -- B. B. Lal -- Kenneth A. R. Kennedy -- Edmund Leach -- E. J. H. Mackay -- S. R. Rao -- M. R. Sahni -- H. T. Lambrick -- M. R. Mughal -- Robert Raikes -- Yash Pal, Baldev Sahai, R. K. Sood and D. P. Agrawal -- Y. Enzel, L. L. Ely, S. Mishra, R. Ramesh, R. Amit, B. Lazar, S. N. Rajaguru, V. R. Baker and A. Sandler -- V. N. Mishra -- Walter A. Fairservis -- Dilip K. Chakrabarti -- Stuart Piggott -- S. R. Rao -- A. Ghosh -- R. S. Bisht -- Kuldeep K. Bhan -- J. F. Jarrige -- Dilip K. Chakrabarti -- H. Fujiwara, M. R. Mughul, A. Sasaki and T. Matano -- Nayanjot Lahiri
8178240327 Rs.350.00 9788178240329
History--Ancient world history--India
History
934 / LAD