Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c2.3

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Pre-historic studies proper are known to be a hundred years old in India. But there was a rare moment in this period when understanding took a long leap forward with the spectacular discovery of an entire proto-historic civilization—that of Mohenjodaro and Harappa, which has since become a focal centre of research. And it is the spade, inter alia, of Dr. Sankalia that gave convincing testimony of the spread of Indus Valley civilization. In this work, Dr. Sankalia has preferred to concentrate more on one comprehensive topic, the study in its totality of the pre-historic background of Indian culture. Three valuable qualities are revealed in this work: detailed knowledge of the facts of Indian archaeology; craftsmanlike standards of accuracy, organization, and scholarship; critical caution towards generalised schemes of interpretation and interpolation of archaeological data.