[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan # The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan Geographical regions as 'areas of attraction, isolation and relative isolation'; distribution of prehistoric, chalcolithic and megalithic cultures, with maps. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [B. Subbarao](https://indike.org/pramana/person/subbarao-b) - **Extent:** 1,146 passages, 71,198 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 2nd ed., Baroda: M. S. University 1958; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (B. Subbarao †1962) ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c1) — 26 parts - [c2 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c2) — 6 parts - [c3 Footnote to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c3) — 3 parts - [c4 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c4) — 8 parts - [c5 Preface to the First Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c5) — 8 parts - [c6 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c6) — 15 parts - [c7 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c7) — 1 part - [c8 List of Plates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c8) — 1 part - [c9 I. Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c9) — 30 parts - [c10 II. Regions and Regionalism](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c10) — 133 parts - [c11 III. Terminology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c11) — 27 parts - [c12 IV. Chronology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c12) — 25 parts - [c13 V. Prehistory](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c13) — 6 parts - [c14 VI. The Proto-Historic Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c14) — 16 parts - [c15 IX. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c15) — 6 parts - [c16 Appendix I. Archaeology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c16) — 1 part - [c17 Appendix II. The Problem of the Black-and-Red Wares](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c17) — 5 parts - [c18 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c18) — 103 parts - [c19 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956.c19) — 11 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.subbarao-1956) · Pramāṇa