Walk towards the ancient Indian city

Author: (USA) Kenoyer/J.M. / Zhang Chunxu
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: In 1826, a British soldier named James Lewis accidentally discovered an abandoned city in the Indus River Valley, leaving behind ruins of abandoned brick forts and architectural fragments. Lewis recorded it and named it Harappa. Over the following hundred years, numerous ancient large city sites were excavated in this region: Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, and Ganweriwala. Thus, one of the most important civilizations of the ancient world—the Indus Civilization of the Indian subcontinent—gradually became known to the world. This book introduces the urban civilization of the ancient Indus Valley in the Third Millennium BCE with detailed and rich archaeological evidence, objectively and comprehensively. The towering city gates, sturdy city walls, spacious streets, well-planned urban layout, exquisite beadwork, and diverse seals all showcase the splendid civilization that once existed.