{"product_id":"decline-and-fall-of-indus-civilization-ide203","title":"The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDE203\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-author\/ed%20by%20nayanjot%20lahiri\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Ed. By. Nayanjot Lahiri\"\u003eEd. By. Nayanjot Lahiri\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pt\/book-publisher\/permanent%20black\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Permanent Black\"\u003ePermanent Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2003\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e8178240327\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e420 (B \u0026amp; W Illus: 15, Figures: 12, Maps: 24)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.3\" X 5.3\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Perhaps the fiercest debate on the Indus civilization is over the reasons for the end of India's earliest cities. Did they dramatically collapse or was there a steady urban decline? Was the decline a result of inroads by the notorious Aryans or should the idea of these invasions by notorious Aryans or should the idea of these invasions be relegated to mythology? How did rivers, earthquakes and climatic shifts contribute to the disintegration? Was the end of the civilization marked by a cultural fracture of did its traditions persist? Read this book to find out ..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eNayanjot Lahiri\u003c\/b\u003e teaches Archaeology at the Department of History Delhi University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePre-Ahom Assam\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) and \u003ci\u003eThe Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes\u003c\/i\u003e (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the back of the book:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 'The volume is more than a compendium of the debates: it is also a guide to the issues at the heart of them Lahiri brings to bear unique insights due to her longstanding association with the field.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ' .valuable both for scholars and for general readers seeking an informed perspective on the history and content of the thought-provoking, continuing debate on the decline of the Indus civilization.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ' contains thirty articles classified under different subjects and themes with covering introduction. Diverse publications on the decline and fall of the Indus civilization and the change and continuity thereafter ranging from the 1920s to the 1990s are juxtaposed here.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e- \u003ci\u003eIndian Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable cellspacing=\"8\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"5%\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"95%\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"3\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eI. INDUS CITIES AND THE ARYANS: HISTORICAL CONQUERORS, MYTHICAL MARAUDERS OR VEDIC HARAPPANS?\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFirst Formulations: Chanda vs. Chanda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Indus Valley in the Vedic Period\u003cbr\u003eRamaprasad Chanda\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e37\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins\u003cbr\u003eV.Gordon Childe\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e43\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eSurvival of the Prehistoric Civilization of the Indus Valley\u003cbr\u003eRamaprasad Chanda\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e47\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eThe Debate Continues\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHarappa 1946: The Defences and Cemetery R37\u003cbr\u003eR.E.M. Wheeler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e50\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eThe Supposed Carnage of the City People by the Aryans\u003cbr\u003eP.V. Kane\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e58\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eThe Relation of Harappan Culture with the \u003ci\u003eRgveda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.D. Pusalker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e67\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eThe Mythical Massacre at Mohenjodaro\u003cbr\u003eGeorge F. Dales\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e72\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIt is Time to Rethink\u003cbr\u003eB.B. Lal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e83\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHave Aryans been Identified in the Prehistoric Skeletal Record from South Asia? Biological Anthropology and Concepts of Ancient Races\u003cbr\u003eKenneth A.R. Kennedy\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e95\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eI.10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eAryan Invasions Over Four Millennia\u003cbr\u003eEdmund Leach\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e117\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"3\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eII. ENVIRONMENT AND COLLAPSE\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilt and Sediment: Evidence and Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChanhu-daro Excavations\u003cbr\u003eE.J.H. Mackay\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e141\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLothal: A Harappan Port Town\u003cbr\u003eS.R. Rao\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e146\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBio-geological Evidence Bearing on the Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization\u003cbr\u003eM.R. Sahni\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e155\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Indus Flood Plain and the 'Indus' Civilization\u003cbr\u003eH.T. Lambrick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e167\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Consequences of River Changes fro the Harappan Settlements in Cholistan\u003cbr\u003eM.R. Mughal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e188\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eKalibangan: Death from Natural Causes\u003cbr\u003eRobert Raikes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e201\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRemote Sensing of the 'Lost' Saraswati River\u003cbr\u003eYash Pal, Baldev Sahai, R.K. Sood and D.P. Agrawal\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e213\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh-resolution Holocene Environmental Changes in the Thar Desert, Northwestern India\u003cbr\u003eY.Knzel, L.L. Ely, S. Mishra, R. Ramesh, R. Amit, B. Lazar, S.N. Rajaguru, V.R. Baker and A. Sandler\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e226\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eClimate, a Factor in the Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization - Evidence from Rajasthan and Beyond\u003cbr\u003eV.N. Misra\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e239\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eThe Impact of Harappans on the Environment\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eII.10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Origin, Character and Decline of an Early Civilization\u003cbr\u003eWalter A. Fairservis, Jr.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e251\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"3\"\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eIII. FROM A CITY CIVILIZATION TO A PHASE OF DEVOLUTION\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContinuity or Change?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Late Harappans\u003cbr\u003eDilip K. Chakrabarti\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e267\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConquerors from the West\u003cbr\u003eStuart Piggott\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e282\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.3\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eExcavation at Rangpur and Other Explorations in Gujarat\u003cbr\u003eS.R. Rao\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e286\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSurvival? Revival? Import?\u003cbr\u003eA. Ghosh\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e297\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDholavira\u003cbr\u003eR.S. Bisht\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e305\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLate Harappan Settlements of Western India, with Special Reference to Gujarat\u003cbr\u003eKuldeep K. Bhan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e315\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.7\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuity and Change in the North Kachi Plain (Baluchistan, Pakistan) at the Beginning of the Second Millennium BC\u003cbr\u003eJ.F. Jarrige\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e344\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.8\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Patterns and Problems in the History of Crops\u003cbr\u003eDilip K. Chakrabarti\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e363\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.9\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRice and Ragi at Harappa: Preliminary Result by Plant Opal Analysis\u003cbr\u003eH. Fujiwara, M.R. Mughal, A. Sasaki and T. Matano\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e269\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003eIII.10\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRaw Material Usage and Trade Routes\u003cbr\u003eNayanjot Lahiri\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e381\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e391\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEndpapers:\u003c\/i\u003e Material equipment of Rangpur and other chalcolithic sites\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44619359420717,"sku":"IDE203","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/the_decline_and_fall_of_the_indus_civilization_ide203.jpg?v=1677758044","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/pt\/products\/decline-and-fall-of-indus-civilization-ide203","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}