The Archaeology of South Asia

Autorentext
Robin Coningham and Prishanta Gunawardhana

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

Zusammenfassung
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began and permanent settlements were established across the subcontinent, to the spread of Buddhism which accompanied the reign of the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in the third century BCE.

Inhalt
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.650000 BCE: 4. Food producers: multiple Neolithics (c.650000 BCE); 5. Regionalisation and differentiated communities (c.500000 BCE); 6. An era of integration: the Indus civilisation (c.260000 BCE); 7. Localisation: transformations of a system (c.190000 BCE); Part III. The Early Historic Tradition (c.19000 BCE): 8. South Asia: transitions and continuities (c.190000 BCE); 9. The re-emergence of regional differentiation (c.12000 BCE); 10. Reintegration: towards an early historic world (c.6000 BCE); 11. The Mauryans and the Asokan ideal (c.3215 BCE); Part IV. Conclusions: 12. Conclusions and challenges.

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