History of Civilizations of Central Asia : Volume 1: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C

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Cover Copyright Preface Contents Description Of The Project Members Of The International Scientific Committee List Of Contributors Introduction 1. The Environment 2. Lower Palaeolithic Cultures 3. Middle Palaeolithic Culture Northern India The Thar Desert Of North-Western India And Pakistan The Lower Indus Plains The Potwar Plateau, Punjab Hindu Kush: The Mountain Region Between The Indus And The Oxus Soviet Central Asia Mongolia Conclusion 4. Upper Palaeolithic Cultures Conclusion 5. Food-Producing And Other Neolithic Communities In Khorasan And Transoxania: Eastern Iran, Soviet Central Asia And Afghanistan Conclusion 6. Food-producing Communities In Pakistan And Northern India 7 Neolithic Communities In Eastern Parts Of Central Asia Conclusion 8. Neolithic Tribes In Northern Parts Of Central Asia Conclusion 9. The Bronze Age In Iran And Afghanistan1 Conclusion 10. The Bronze Age In Khorasan And Transoxania 11. Pre-Indus And Early Indus Cultures Of Pakistan And India Part One The Baluchistan Tradition The Indus Valley Tradition Summary Part Two Summary 12. The Indus Civilization Mohenjo-daro Harappa Kalibangan And Other Eastern Sites Lothal And Other Southern Sites 13. The Bronze Age In Eastern Parts Of Central Asia Early Cultural Remains In Gansu Province Later Cultural Remains In Gansu And Qinghai Provinces Cultural Remains Of Xinjiang 14. The Decline Of The Bronze Age Civilization And Movements Of The Tribes 15. The Emergence Of The Indo-iranians: The Indo-iranian Languages The Original Homeland Of The Indo-iranians Spread Of The Indo-iranians Movements Of Proto-indians And Proto-iranians And Their Migration Routes 16. Pastoral Tribes Of The Bronze Age In The Oxus Valley (Bactria) Historical Evolution 17. Pastoral-Agricultural Tribes Of Pakistan In The Post-Indus Period 18. The Painted Grey Ware Culture Of The Iron Age Conclusion 19. The Beginning Of The Iron Age In Transoxania The Amirabad Culture The Culture Of The Northern Tagisken Tribes The Chust Culture Settlements In Southern Soviet Central Asia And Northern Afghanistan The Dahistan Culture Conclusion 20. Pastoral and nomadic tribesat the beginning ofthe first millennium b.c. Conclusion Appendix: A Note On The Meaning Of The Term 'Central Asia' As Used In This Book Bibliography And References Index Back Cover