A Peaceful Realm: The Rise and Fall of the Indus Civilization.(Book Review)

Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and thePacific | September 22, 2003| | Copyright

Jane R. McIntosh. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002. 224 pp., many illustrations (some color), bibliography, index. Cloth $45.00. ISBN 0-8133-3532-9.

The fanciful title of this book should be a clue to the reader that this is actually a "story" rather than a serious scholarly text about the Indus Valley civilization. If read as a story it is quite well written and engaging, with lots of excellent illustrations taken primarily from the website www.harappa.com. However, if used as a source for accurate information on the Indus civilization, the reader should be ...

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