[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953) › c3.2 # The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c3.2 The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3.2) Terminology . . . . . . . . . I Distribution . . . . . . . . . 2 General chronology . . . . . . . 4 Climate . . . . . . . . . . 4 The hill-villages . . . . . . . . 8 The Indus civilization . . . . . . 14 Mohenjo-daro and Harappā: general lay-out . . 15 Harappā . . . . . . . . . . 16 Mohenjo-daro . . . . . . . . . 25 Chanhu-daro . . . . . . . . . 42 Sutkagēn-dōr and other sites . . . . . 45 Burials and skeletal types . . . . . 48 Military aspects of the Indus civilization . . 52 Commerce and transport . . . . . . 58 Farming and fauna . . . . . . . 62 Arts and crafts . . . . . . . . 63 The Indus script . . . . . . . . 81 The Indus religions . . . . . . . 82 Dating . . . . . . . . . . 84 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . 93 List of sites . . . . . . . . . 95 - [Previous: c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3.1) - [Next: c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3.3) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.wheeler-1953.c3.2) · Pramāṇa