An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c26.242

v1.c26.242

Indo-European languages, 364 Indo-Ganga divide, 108, 109, 201, 214, 228, 289; megaliths in, 110 Indo-Ganga localities, faunal evidence from, 308-9 Indo-Ganga plains, 37; *Axis porcinus* in, 315 Indo-Ganga valley, 16 Indo-Greek, 185; coins, 138, 171, 368 Indo-Mesopotamian trade, 69 Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, archaeological discoveries in, 75 Indo-Parthian coins, 171 Indo-Roman period, iron knives in, 181; soapstone casket in, 343 Indo-Roman trade, period of, 127 Indo-Sassanian coins, 155, 171 Indonesia, 368 Indpe, remains of fort at, 156 Indragarh, 173 Indravati valley, explorations in, 39 Indus chronology, 166 Indus civilization, 14, 69, 72, 79, 194, 297, 349; bead industry in, 217; economy, 84; female figurines in, 339; fortified citadels of, 297; human remains from, 317; language of, 84; male figurines, 339; racial composition of, 86; pestles from, 185; ring stones of, 277, signs, 104; sites of, 86, 361; town planning in, 79; *see also* Harappa culture, Harappa civilisation, Indus valley Indus inscriptions, concordance of, 363; decipherment of, 363; Egyptian signs, in, 364; morphological and linguistic structure of, 363; Ogham signs in, 364; Sanskrit or archaic Vedic in, 362; Sumerian signs in, 364 Indus script, 71, 85, 166, 361-65 Indus seal, 69, 84, 85, 166, 261, 363; dies, 14 Indus-Mesopotamian contact, evidence of, 166 inhumation, 41, 50, 51, 61, 63, 67, 86, 107, 123, 263, 266, 267 inkpot, 257, 359, 361 intra-site activity pattern, 287 Intwa, tiles from, 296 Iralabanda, sarcophagus at, 275 Iran, 3, 7, 70, 116, 167, 220, 260, 278, 327; lapis in, 220; Megarian bowls in, 257; reed arrow in, 353; silver bowls in, 257; silver ores from. 327 Iranian pottery style, 167 Iraq, 3, 76; domestic buffalo in, 2; Indus seals discovered in, 166; Scarlet Ware in, 167; *see also* Mesopotamia iron, advent of, 75; implements, 153, 154, 157; introduction of, 139, 216; objects, 109, 111, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 138, 140, 142, 146, 150, 157, 325, 344; pillar, 326; slags, 122, 129, 244, 293; smelting, 110, 115, 147, 252, 253, 325-26; tools, 110, 139, 147; use of, 123, 131, 144, 148, 260 Iron Age, 3, 6, 7, 18, 58, 75, 147, 241, 292; black-and-red ware in, 125; burials in, 186, ¹⁴C-dates, 170, 171; domesticated horse in, 4; fortifications in, 298; Megalithic culture in, 125, 246; megaliths from, 244; *Oryza* (rice) in, 6; PGW from, 241; *Pennisetum typhoideum* from, 7; pestles from, 185; population of goat and sheep in, 3; pottery in, 244-46; settlement in, 290; spindle-whorls from, 187 Iron Age (early), settlement in, 291; wells from, 304 irrigation, 320 Irukulas (hunting-gathering communities), 286 Irulas, 128 Island of Failaka, Persian Gulf seal with Indus script at, 166 I Tsing, 300 Itumi, tools at, 59 ivory plaquettes, 263