[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c9.s8.1 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s8.1 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s8.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s8.1) The Harappa civilization \[4.9\], as Wheeler puts it, ‘like any other great revolution may best be visualized as a sudden offspring of opportunity and genius’ (Wheeler, 1966). The sudden growth of a highly urbanized civilization has remained a challenge to the archaeologists. Ghosh has said: ‘While death from unidentified causes is understandable, natural birth is an unnatural phenomenon’ (Ghosh, 1965). No doubt recent archaeological discoveries in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent have given some clues to the origin of this culture but the exact genetic relationship is yet to be established. - [Previous: v1.c9.s7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s7.37) - [Next: v1.c9.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s8.2) - [Up: v1.c9.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s8.1) · Pramāṇa