Author : Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher :
Page : 1244 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
"Part Four is a culture history of the peoples of the Indus Age from the beginnings of food production and domestication of plants and animals to the threshold of civilization in the region."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432913359
An introduction to the civilization of the Indus Valley, which began in ca. 3500 B.C.E., including its culture, government, writing system, and more.
Author : Gregory L. Possehl
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2002-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0759116423
The Indus Civilization of India and Pakistan was contemporary with, and equally complex as the better-known cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. The dean of North American Indus scholars, Gregory Possehl, attempts here to marshal the state of knowledge about this fascinating culture in a readable synthesis. He traces the rise and fall of this civilization, examines the economic, architectural, artistic, religious, and intellectual components of this culture, describes its most famous sites, and shows the relationships between the Indus Civilization and the other cultures of its time. As a sourcebook for scholars, a textbook for archaeology students, and an informative volume for the lay reader, The Indus Civilization will be an exciting and informative read.
Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Author : Jane McIntosh
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 34,14 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
"Researchers have tentatively reconstructed a model of Indus life from the limited material that remains. Based on important findings from recent surveys and excavations in South Asia and neighboring regions, The Ancient Indus Valley explains what is now known about the Indus civilization's roots in the farming cultures of prehistoric South Asia, as well as the hallmarks of its extraordinary development. It is an eye-opening introduction to a vanished world - and a stirring testament to archaeology's power to recover the past."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139461982
Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over. This Handbook provides a vivid, scholarly, and eminently readable account of ancient cultures around the world, from China to India, the Middle East, Egypt, Europe, and the Americas. It examines the development of religious belief from the time of the Palaeolithic cave paintings to the Aztecs and Incas. Covering the whole of society not just the elite, the Handbook outlines the history of the different societies so that their religion and culture can be understood in context. Each chapter includes discussion of the broad field of relevant studies alerting the reader to wider debates on each subject. An international team of scholars convey their own deep enthusiasm for their subject and provide a unique study of both popular and 'official' religion in the ancient world.
Author : Andrew Robinson
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1780235410
The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BCE, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and Indian archaeologists. Today, after almost a century of excavation, it is regarded as the beginning of Indian civilization and possibly the origin of Hinduism. The Indus: Lost Civilizations is an accessible introduction to every significant aspect of an extraordinary and tantalizing “lost” civilization, which combined artistic excellence, technological sophistication, and economic vigor with social egalitarianism, political freedom, and religious moderation. The book also discusses the vital legacy of the Indus civilization in India and Pakistan today.
Author : Guy D. Middleton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 29,20 MB
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 110715149X
In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted.
Author : Mortimer Wheeler
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 18,69 MB
Release : 1968-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521069588
This book discusses climate and dating of the Indus Valley civilization and Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes other contributions to the study.
Author : Brian Williams
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2015-08
Category : History
ISBN : 148462582X
This book explores what life was really like for everyday people in the Indus Valley civilization. Using primary sources and information from archeological discoveries, it uncovers some fascinating insights and explodes some myths. Supported by timelines, maps, and references to important events and people, children will really feel they are on a time-traveling journey when reading this book.
