Archaeology of South Asia - From the Indus to Asoka, C.6500 Bce-200 Ce

This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Robin Coningham is UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage at the University of Durham. He has participated in over fifteen UNESCO missions and currently co-directs UNESCO's excavations in Nepal at Tilaurakot and Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. He has published eight books and over eighty papers and chapters.Ruth Young is Senior Lecturer at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester. She has published in journals such as Antiquity, the International Journal of Heritage Studies, the International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Historical Archaeology, World Archaeology and many others. She is also writing a monograph on her work in northern Pakistan.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Coningham, Robin (University of Durham) Coningham, Robin (University of Durham) Young Coningham, Coningham Robin, Ruth Young, Ruth (University of Leicester) Young, Young Ruth
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9780521609722
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60972-2
• No. of pages: 555
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Asia, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Prehistoric archaeology, BCE to c 500 CE