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Finding forgotten cities : how the Indus civilization was discovered /Nayanjot Lahiri

By: Nayanjot LahiriContributor(s): Nayanjot LahiriMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: SARAS Books | ;2/31,Ansari Road,Darya Ganj,New Delhi-110002Publication details: Delhi . : Permanent Black : Distributed by Orient Longman , ©2005Description: xv, 354 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN: 9788178244648Subject(s): HistoryGenre/Form: Indus civilization.DDC classification: 934 LAH

Contents:

A ruined city in Punjab and its first explorers -- From seals to a specialist -- John Marshall's early years in India -- Harappa makes a fleeting reappearance -- Among cities and stupas -- An Italian in India -- From Calcutta to Kalibangan -- Excavating Harappa under a shadow -- Talent and trouble in Calcutta -- Maverick at Mohenjodaro -- Stringing scattered ideas -- Announcing the discovery -- An astonishing aftermath -- Afterword: Inaugurating a new era.

Summary: In the autumn of 1924 the archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia's antiquity: the discovery of 'the civilization of the Indus valley'. Marshall's news conveyed one of the most monumental discoveries in the history of civilization on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann (who unearthed Troy) and Arthur Evans (who dug out Minoan Crete). The Troy and Crete stories have been well told. But a detailed, archivally rich and accessible narrative of the people, processes, places and puzzles that led upto Marshall's proclamation on the Indus civilization has, like the civilization itself, long remained buried. Now, for the first time, in this book we have the whole story enchantingly told. Finding Forgotten Cities comprises a powerful narrative history of how India's antiquity was unexpectedly unearthed. It will interest every serious reader of history and anyone who likes to read an utterly fascinating story.

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A ruined city in Punjab and its first explorers --
From seals to a specialist --
John Marshall's early years in India --
Harappa makes a fleeting reappearance --
Among cities and stupas --
An Italian in India --
From Calcutta to Kalibangan --
Excavating Harappa under a shadow --
Talent and trouble in Calcutta --
Maverick at Mohenjodaro --
Stringing scattered ideas --
Announcing the discovery --
An astonishing aftermath --
Afterword: Inaugurating a new era.

In the autumn of 1924 the archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia's antiquity: the discovery of 'the civilization of the Indus valley'. Marshall's news conveyed one of the most monumental discoveries in the history of civilization on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann (who unearthed Troy) and Arthur Evans (who dug out Minoan Crete). The Troy and Crete stories have been well told. But a detailed, archivally rich and accessible narrative of the people, processes, places and puzzles that led upto Marshall's proclamation on the Indus civilization has, like the civilization itself, long remained buried. Now, for the first time, in this book we have the whole story enchantingly told. Finding Forgotten Cities comprises a powerful narrative history of how India's antiquity was unexpectedly unearthed. It will interest every serious reader of history and anyone who likes to read an utterly fascinating story.

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