The Archaeology of South Asia From the Indus to Asoka, C. 6500 BCE - 200 CE |
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| Author:
| Coningham, Robin
Young, Ruth |
| Series title: | Cambridge World Archaeology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-84697-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $229.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.