This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began and permanent settlements were established across the subcontinent, to the spread of Buddhism which accompanied the reign of the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in the third century BCE.
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began and permanent settlements were established across the subcontinent, to the spread of Buddhism which accompanied the reign of the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in the third century BCE.
Part I. The Context: 1. Introduction and definitions; 2. Environment and culture: South Asia's environmental, linguistic and religious patterns; 3. Histories of South Asian archaeology; Part II. The Indus Valley Tradition c.6500 1900 BCE: 4. Food producers: multiple Neolithics (c.6500 2000 BCE); 5. Regionalisation and differentiated communities (c.5000 2600 BCE); 6. An era of integration: the Indus civilisation (c.2600 1900 BCE); 7. Localisation: transformations of a system (c.1900 1200 BCE); Part III. The Early Historic Tradition (c.1900 200 BCE): 8. South Asia: transitions and continuities (c.1900 1200 BCE); 9. The re-emergence of regional differentiation (c.1200 600 BCE); 10. Reintegration: towards an early historic world (c.600 250 BCE); 11. The Mauryans and the Asokan ideal (c.321 185 BCE); Part IV. Conclusions: 12. Conclusions and challenges.
Part I. The Context: 1. Introduction and definitions; 2. Environment and culture: South Asia's environmental, linguistic and religious patterns; 3. Histories of South Asian archaeology; Part II. The Indus Valley Tradition c.6500 1900 BCE: 4. Food producers: multiple Neolithics (c.6500 2000 BCE); 5. Regionalisation and differentiated communities (c.5000 2600 BCE); 6. An era of integration: the Indus civilisation (c.2600 1900 BCE); 7. Localisation: transformations of a system (c.1900 1200 BCE); Part III. The Early Historic Tradition (c.1900 200 BCE): 8. South Asia: transitions and continuities (c.1900 1200 BCE); 9. The re-emergence of regional differentiation (c.1200 600 BCE); 10. Reintegration: towards an early historic world (c.600 250 BCE); 11. The Mauryans and the Asokan ideal (c.321 185 BCE); Part IV. Conclusions: 12. Conclusions and challenges.
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