Bridget Allchin (Cambridge Wolfson College), Raymond Allchin (University of Cambridge)

The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title traces the origins and development of culture in India and Pakistan from its earliest roots in Palaeolithic times, through the rise and disintegration of the great Indus Civilization to the emergence of regional cultures, and the arrival and spread of Indo-Aryan speaking peoples.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge World Archaeology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780521285506
• ISBN-10: 052128550X
• Artikelnr.: 22387090

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
1. Archaeology in South Asia
Part I. Constituent Elements: 2. Prehistoric environments
3. The earliest South Asians
4. Hunter-gatherers and nomadic pastoralists
5. The first agricultural communities
Part II. Indus Urbanism: 6. The early Indus period
7. The mature Indus civilization - I
8. The mature Indus civilization - II
Part III. The Legacy of the Indus Civilization: 9. The aftermath of the Indus civilization in the Indus and Ganges systems
10. The aftermath of the Indus civilization in Peninsular India
11. The arrival of Indo-Aryan speaking people and the spread of the Indo-Aryan languages
12. The Iron Age and the emergence of classical Indian civilization
13. Subcontinental unity and regional diversity
Select general bibliography
Index.