The Indus: Lost Civilizations - Paperback

by Andrew Robinson (Author)

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

Author Biography

Andrew Robinson has been a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. He writes for Current World Archaeology, Lancet, Nature, and Science, and is the author of some twenty-five books on the arts and sciences, including Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts; Earthquake: Nature and Culture, also published by Reaktion Books; and India: A Short History.