Lost river on the trial of the Sarasvati
Publication details: Gurgaon Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd. 2010Description: x,357pISBN:- 9780143068648
- 934 DAN
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | CEPT Library | BK | 934 DAN | Available | 023766 |
Contents
PREFACE ix
PROLOGUE 1
PART 1: THE LOST SARASVATI
1. THE 'LOST RIVER OF THE INDIAN DESERT' 7
2. THE MIGHTY SARASVATI 35
3. NEW LIGHT ON AN ANCIENT RIVER 57
PART 2: INDIA'S FIRST CIVILIZATION
4. A GREAT LEAP BACKWARD 83
5. THE INDUS CITIES 100
6 . FROM THE INDUS TO THE SARASVATI 122
7. NEW HORIZONS 155
8. WHEN RIVERS GO HAYWIRE 171
PART 3: FROM SARASVATI TO GANGA
9. THE TANGIBLE HERITAGE 191
10. THE INTANGIBLE HERITAGE 225
11. THE SARASVATI'S TESTIMONY 252
EPILOGUE: SARASVATI TURNS INVISIBLE 283
NOTES 295
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING 333
COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 340
INDEX 341
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