Allchin, Bridget. Origins of a civilization: the prehistory and early archaeology of South Asia

Publication Information

Author: Allchin, Bridget Allchin, F. Raymond (Frank Raymond), 1923-2010

Title: Origins of a civilization: the prehistory and early archaeology of South Asia

Published By: New Delhi: Viking. 1997. xxii, 287 p. ill., maps

By line: Bridget and Raymond Allchin

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: Human Relations Area Files, 2016. Computer File

Culture: Mature Indus (AQ45)

Subjects: Identification (101); Culture summary (105); Location (131); Climate (132); Topography and geology (133); Acculturation and culture contact (177); Tillage (241); Production and supply (433); Internal trade (438); External trade (439); Inter-ethnic relations (629); Cities (633);

Abstract: This document is an overview of the prehistory of the Indian subcontinent from the Lower Paleolithic to the Early Historic period at about 1900 BP; although only portions pertaining to the Mature Indus are relevant to this collection, it will prove useful to readers with a general interest in the Indus Neolithic through Vedic traditions. The authors, long active in research in the subcontinent, specifically mention fieldwork in 1963 in caves in Afghanistan, in 1972 at Budha Pushkar, and in 1975 in the Rohri Hills. The focus is on data from archaeological studies, including information on the natural environment, agriculture and economy, and about the multiethnic and probably poly-linguistic cities of the Mature Indus tradition. [Analyst note: There are frequent typos in the electronic text, such as "m" in place of "th."]

Document Number: 11

Document ID: aq45-011

Document Type: Monograph

Language: English

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index

Field Date: 1963, 1972, 1975

Evaluation: Archaeologists-4, 5

Analyst: Sarah Berry; 2015

Coverage Date: 9000-1900 BP

Coverage Place: India and Pakistan

LCSH: Indus civilization//South Asia--Civilization