History of Civilizations of Central Asia : Volume 1: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C

Cover
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Description Of The Project
Members Of The International Scientific Committee
List Of Contributors
Introduction
1. The Environment
2. Lower Palaeolithic Cultures
3. Middle Palaeolithic Culture
Northern India
The Thar Desert Of North-Western India And Pakistan
The Lower Indus Plains
The Potwar Plateau, Punjab
Hindu Kush: The Mountain Region Between The Indus And The Oxus
Soviet Central Asia
Mongolia
Conclusion
4. Upper Palaeolithic Cultures
Conclusion
5. Food-Producing And Other Neolithic Communities In Khorasan And Transoxania: Eastern Iran, Soviet Central Asia And Afghanistan
Conclusion
6. Food-producing Communities In Pakistan And Northern India
7 Neolithic Communities In Eastern Parts Of Central Asia
Conclusion
8. Neolithic Tribes In Northern Parts Of Central Asia
Conclusion
9. The Bronze Age In Iran And Afghanistan1
Conclusion
10. The Bronze Age In Khorasan And Transoxania
11. Pre-Indus And Early Indus Cultures Of Pakistan And India
Part One
The Baluchistan Tradition
The Indus Valley Tradition
Summary
Part Two
Summary
12. The Indus Civilization
Mohenjo-daro
Harappa
Kalibangan And Other Eastern Sites
Lothal And Other Southern Sites
13. The Bronze Age In Eastern Parts Of Central Asia
Early Cultural Remains In Gansu Province
Later Cultural Remains In Gansu And Qinghai Provinces
Cultural Remains Of Xinjiang
14. The Decline Of The Bronze Age Civilization And Movements Of The Tribes
15. The Emergence Of The Indo-iranians: The Indo-iranian Languages
The Original Homeland Of The Indo-iranians
Spread Of The Indo-iranians
Movements Of Proto-indians And Proto-iranians And Their Migration Routes
16. Pastoral Tribes Of The Bronze Age In The Oxus Valley (Bactria)
Historical Evolution
17. Pastoral-Agricultural Tribes Of Pakistan In The Post-Indus Period
18. The Painted Grey Ware Culture Of The Iron Age
Conclusion
19. The Beginning Of The Iron Age In Transoxania
The Amirabad Culture
The Culture Of The Northern Tagisken Tribes
The Chust Culture
Settlements In Southern Soviet Central Asia And Northern Afghanistan
The Dahistan Culture
Conclusion
20. Pastoral and nomadic tribesat the beginning ofthe first millennium b.c.
Conclusion
Appendix: A Note On The Meaning Of The Term 'Central Asia' As Used In This Book
Bibliography And References
Index
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