The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c8.45

c8.45

The general characters of the Indus civilization have been reviewed on more than one occasion,¹ but a categorical reconsideration of them is justified by gradually accruing evidence. Our procedure will be to summarize the structural evidence from the partially excavated sites—Harappā, Mohenjo-daro, Chanhu-daro and others; and the evidence of burials, of soldiering, commerce and farming, of arts and crafts, of writing and of religion. Thereafter some attempt must be made to define the present basis of chronology.