India: An Archaeological History: Palaeolithic Beginnings to Early Historic Foundations

by Dilip K. Chakrabarty

Overview

An increased pace in archaeological research in recent decades has yielded a construction of the history of prehistoric and early historic India primarily in terms of archaeology. This book charts the flow of India's grassroots archaeological history in all its continuities and diversities from its Palaeolithic beginnings to c AD 300 when early historic India assumed its basic form.
The book reconstructs the historical development of human-natural resource interaction in the subcontinent in a lucid style with maps, illustrations, and tables. This second edition contains a new afterword, which discusses all new ideas and discoveries in Indian Archaeology between 1998 and 2008. Written by an expert on Indian archaeology, this book would be indispensable for students and specialists of archaeology and early South Asian history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199088140
Publisher:	OUP India
Publication date:	08/26/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Dilip Chakrabarti, Professor Emeritus, Cambridge University

Dilip K. Chakrabarti is Emeritus Professor of South Asian Archaeology and Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University.

Table of Contents

Preface;
1. Introduction;
2. The Paleolithic Context;
3. The Mesolithic Horizon and Associated Rock Art;
4. The Growth of Villages: From Baluchistan to Haryana and Gujarat;
5. The Indus or Harappan Civilization;
6. Neolithic-Chalcolithic and Iron-bearing Cultures beyond the Harappan Distribution Zone;
7. The Archaeological Foundations of Early Historic India;
8. Some General Issues Part III: Marriage and the Law;
Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index