Finding forgotten cities: how the Indus civilization was discovered
Lahiri, Nayanjot
Finding forgotten cities: how the Indus civilization was discovered - Ranikhet Permanent Black 2024 - xvii, 474p. Includes afterword, endnotes, references and index - Hedgehog and politics series .
New Centenary Edition
A century ago, in the autumn of 1924, the scholar-archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia’s antiquity: he proclaimed the discovery of “the civilization of the Indus Valley.” This was seen as monumental – on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann who unearthed Troy, and Arthur Evans who dug out Minoan Crete.
9788178246918
Textual
History
Indus Civilization
Harappa Site (Pakistan) -- Discovery and exploration
Finding forgotten cities: how the Indus civilization was discovered - Ranikhet Permanent Black 2024 - xvii, 474p. Includes afterword, endnotes, references and index - Hedgehog and politics series .
New Centenary Edition
A century ago, in the autumn of 1924, the scholar-archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia’s antiquity: he proclaimed the discovery of “the civilization of the Indus Valley.” This was seen as monumental – on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann who unearthed Troy, and Arthur Evans who dug out Minoan Crete.
9788178246918
Textual
History
Indus Civilization
Harappa Site (Pakistan) -- Discovery and exploration