A detailed analysis of the evolution of Indus Civilization based on a compilation of the latest scientific data by experts. First published in Social Evolution and History, Vol. 10, No. 2, Sept. 2011.
This paper discusses the prehistory of Sindh and Las Bela coast (Balochistan) before and after partition, and the role played by the Italian archaeologists since the 1980s.
This paper first examines harappa’s rock and mineral assemblage from the perspective of the greater Indus Valley’s complex geology, the distance one would have to travel to acquire certain materials and a discussion of the differing motivations behind the acquisition and transport of rock and minerals in the greater Indus Valley region.
The author's propose a method to analyze some of the largest artifacts recovered at Indus Civilization (ca. 2600 to 1700 BC) cities in Pakistan and northwestern India (figure 1), the limestone “ringstones.” This later led to the determination that Harappa's ringstones came from near Dholavira.
