Current Studies on the Indus Civilization: Vol. 2

Current studies on the Indus Civilization illuminate diverse archaeological insights and regional language perspectives for broader historical interpretation.

Current Studies on the Indus Civilization, is a publishing project between the Indus Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature and Manohar Publishers.

This volume contains four papers; i.e. Dorian Fuller discusses cotton cultivation from a archaeological and linguistic point of view. Qasid Mallah writes on archaeology in Sindh. Roger Blench gives us an overview of the languages in South Asia. Shinde et al. present a report on Ghaggar exploration and the excavation at Mitathal, Girwad and Farmana.

Toshiki Osada is a Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN)., Kyoto and the leader of Indus Project since 2007. He is a linguist working on South Asian Languages, especially the Munda languages spoken in Jharkhand. He has edited the books titled Indus Civilization: Text and Context, vol.1 (2006), vol.2 (2009) and Linguistics, ARchaeology and the Human Past in South Asia (2009), all published from Manohar. Akinori Uesugi is a research scholar attached to the Indus Project since 2007. He has a long experience of several excavations in South Asia and specialized on Harappan archaeology.