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# The Indus Civilization

Synthesis from the Mohenjo-daro excavator: town planning, houses, crafts, seals, script, religion, trade, burial and dating.

- **Language:** English
- **Author:** [Ernest Mackay](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mackay-e)
- **Extent:** 492 passages, 44,713 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson 1935; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Ernest Mackay †1943)

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c1) — 10 parts
- [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c2) — 8 parts
- [c3 List of Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c3) — 19 parts
- [c4 I. The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4) — 27 parts
- [c5 II. Architecture and Masonry](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5) — 78 parts
- [c6 III. Religion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c6) — 54 parts
- [c7 IV. Dress and Personal Ornaments](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c7) — 39 parts
- [c8 V. Copper and Bronze: Implements and Tools](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c8) — 38 parts
- [c9 VI. Arts and Crafts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c9) — 56 parts
- [c10 VII. Customs and Amusements](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c10) — 24 parts
- [c11 VIII. Chronology and Connections with Other Countries](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c11) — 16 parts
- [c12 Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c12) — 60 parts
- [c13 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c13) — 21 parts
- [c14 Chapter I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c14) — 3 parts
- [c15 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c15) — 39 parts

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