The Indus: Lost Civilizations
Mar 2021 · Reaktion Books
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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.
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Surender Negi
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20 December 2016
This book is full of misinformation. Within 17 pages I found three times writer tried to portray that Hindu nationalist is trying to change history but in reality in India, Right wing never been in power so they can change books. Many famous archeologist and Harvard scholar already denied the Aryan Invasion/Migration theory bluntly. Still Scholar like them which is part of a group who want to prove this dead theory keep retorting about that. A scholar book on demolition of Aryan Invasion/Migration theory has been published "Story of Lost River". I think now scholar like him should change their stance about such fake theories.
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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.
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