Current studies on the Indus civilization /
Current studies on the Indus civilization /
edited by Toshiki Osada, Akinori Uesugi.
- New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2010-<2012>
- v. <1-7, 8 (2 pts.), 9> : 29 cm.
"An earlier version of this work was published under the title Linguistic archaeology and the human past in 2008"--T.p. verso. Vol. 5: edited by Viveka Dangi. Vol. 8, pt. 1 (text) has subtitle: Inter-regional interaction and urbanism in the ancient Indus valley : a geological provinience study of Harappa's rock and mineral assemblage / Randall William Law ; v. 8, pt. 2: Appendices and references
CONTENTS
Preface
Crocodile in the Indus Civilization and later South Asian traditions i
Asko Parpola
On the Asiatic wild asses and their vernacular names 59
Asko Parpola and Juha Janhunen
The Harappan unicorn in Eurasian andSouth Asian perspectives 125
Asko Parpola
UNICORN, MAMMOTH, WHALE
Mythological and etymological connections of zoonyms in North and East Asia 189
Juha Janhunen
The Harappa Culturein North Gujarat: a Regional Paradigm 223
P. Ajithprasad and V. H. Sonawane
9788173048593 (series) 9788173048609 (v. 1) 9788173048616 (v. 2) 9788173048623 (v. 3) 9788173049101 (v. 4) 9788173049118 (v. 5) 9788173049125 (v. 6) 9788173049293 (v. 7) 9788173049309 (v. 8: pts. 12) 9788173049484 (v. 9)
Indus civilization.
Excavations (Archaeology)--India.
India--Antiquities
954.01 OSA/C
"An earlier version of this work was published under the title Linguistic archaeology and the human past in 2008"--T.p. verso. Vol. 5: edited by Viveka Dangi. Vol. 8, pt. 1 (text) has subtitle: Inter-regional interaction and urbanism in the ancient Indus valley : a geological provinience study of Harappa's rock and mineral assemblage / Randall William Law ; v. 8, pt. 2: Appendices and references
CONTENTS
Preface
Crocodile in the Indus Civilization and later South Asian traditions i
Asko Parpola
On the Asiatic wild asses and their vernacular names 59
Asko Parpola and Juha Janhunen
The Harappan unicorn in Eurasian andSouth Asian perspectives 125
Asko Parpola
UNICORN, MAMMOTH, WHALE
Mythological and etymological connections of zoonyms in North and East Asia 189
Juha Janhunen
The Harappa Culturein North Gujarat: a Regional Paradigm 223
P. Ajithprasad and V. H. Sonawane
9788173048593 (series) 9788173048609 (v. 1) 9788173048616 (v. 2) 9788173048623 (v. 3) 9788173049101 (v. 4) 9788173049118 (v. 5) 9788173049125 (v. 6) 9788173049293 (v. 7) 9788173049309 (v. 8: pts. 12) 9788173049484 (v. 9)
Indus civilization.
Excavations (Archaeology)--India.
India--Antiquities
954.01 OSA/C