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This slim volume is an attempt to rouse the interest of students and non-specialists in the early civilization of the greater Indus valley and adjoining regions of Pakistan and India.To this end, the archaeological evidence ispresented in social terms rather than in a technical way, although the challenges of archaeological interpretation are also touched upon. There are illustrations of site plans and of artefacts, and maps assist the student to make a careful study. The Indus civilization is, moreover, set in the context of contempo-rary cultures of South Asia as well as relevant happenings in Western and Central Asia, in the attempt to cast an overall perspective. Shereen Ratnagar took her training in the archaeology of India at the Deccan College, Pune, and in Mesopotamian archaeology at the University of London Institute of Archaeology. She taught for many years at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. Her publications include Encounters: The Westerly Trade of the Harappa Civiliza-tion (1981), Enquiries into the Political Organization of Harappan Society (1991), and The End of the Great Harappan Tradition (2000).2001 Paperback x + 168 pages
colour and b/w illus. and maps 8.5 x 5.5 inches ISBN: 1-85229-37-6
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