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Indus Valley Civilization: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia

By: Lavanya Vemsani
In: Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy, Peter J. Seybolt & Carolyn M. Elliott
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Area Studies (general), Social & Cultural Anthropology
Keywords:civilization; goddess; Harappa; indus civilization; Indus Valley civilization; Mohenjo Daro; valleys

As with the other stages of prehistory noted in India, the Bronze Age had a head start in India, and its earliest manifestation in a civilization appears in the Indus Valley region. The Indus Valley civilization was contemporaneous with the Egyptian ...

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  Vemsani, L. (2012). Indus valley civilization: prehistory to 1200: south, central, and west asia. In A. L. StantonE. Ramsamy, & P. J. Seybolt (Eds.), Cultural sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. IV33-IV35). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n648
  
  Vemsani, Lavanya. "Indus Valley Civilization: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." In Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, edited by Stanton, Andrea L., Edward Ramsamy, and Peter J. Seybolt, IV33-IV35. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n648.
  
  Vemsani, L. 2012. Indus Valley Civilization: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia. In: Andrea L. Stanton, Edward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt Editors, 2012. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. IV33-IV35 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n648> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Vemsani, Lavanya. "Indus Valley Civilization: Prehistory to 1200: South, Central, and West Asia." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Andrea L. StantonEdward Ramsamy and Peter J. Seybolt. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. IV33-IV35. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218458.n648.
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