The Indus

Lost Civilizations

By:

Andrew Robinson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Lost civilizations

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An accessible introduction to the Indus, an extraordinary and tantalising 'lost' ancient civilisation. The Indus civilisation flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC, 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 civilisation and possibly the origin of Hinduism. The Indus: Lost Civilizations is an accessible introduction to every significant aspect of an extraordinary and tantalising 'lost' civilisation, which combined artistic excellence, technological sophistication and economic vigour with social egalitarianism, political freedom and religious moderation. The book also discusses the vital legacy of the Indus civilisation in India and Pakistan today.

Author Biography:

Andrew Robinson is the author of some 25 books on the arts and sciences, and writes for Current World Archaeology, The Lancet, Nature and Science. His recent books include Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Undeciphered Scripts (2009), Earthquake: Nature and Culture (Reaktion, 2012) and India: A Short History (2014). He has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Release date NZ

February 15th, 2021

Author

Andrew Robinson

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

78 illustrations

Pages

208

Series

Lost civilizations

ISBN-13

9781789143850

Product ID

33469686

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