The Indus: Lost Civilizations

The Indus: Lost Civilizations

by Andrew Robinson
The Indus: Lost Civilizations

The Indus: Lost Civilizations

by Andrew Robinson

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789143850
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 03/08/2021
Series: Lost Civilizations
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Andrew Robinson has been a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He writes for Current World Archaeology, Lancet, Nature, and Science, and is the author of some twenty-five books on the arts and sciences, including Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts; Earthquake: Nature and Culture, also published by Reaktion Books; and India: A Short History.

Table of Contents

1. An Enigmatic World
2. Discovery
3. Architecture
4. Arts and Crafts
5. Agriculture
6. Trade
7. Society
8. Religion
9. Decline and Disappearance
10. Deciphering the Indus Script
11. Indus Origins of Hinduism?
12.The Indus Inheritance

Chronology
References
Bibliography
Illustration
Acknowledgements
Index

What People are Saying About This

Iravatham Mahadevan

The Indus is very well written and eminently readable. . . . Robinson deals with all the unsolved problems in a fair manner and with balanced judgement . . . a valuable contribution to the literature on the Indus civilization.”

Brian Fagan

“Robinson creates a brilliant portrait of one of the world’s most enigmatic early civilizations. In doing so, he crosses the boundaries between different academic disciplines with effortless panache and high learning. This succinct account of the Indus civilization, its script, religious beliefs, and its complex inheritance, places a vigorous, urban society in its rightful historical context. Everyone interested in ancient civilizations should read this eloquent, closely argued biography (it is nothing less) that brings the Indus people in from the historical shadows.”

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