Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84697-4 - The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE–200 CE Robin Coningham and Ruth Young Index More information INDEX Aali, 263 Amri, 86 , 148 – 49 , 154 , 156 – 57 , 167 , 174 , 255 , 257 , aceramic Neolithic, 110 – 11 , 116 , 138 , 143 265 , 268 , 465 Achaemenid Empire, 10 , 88 , 290 , 332 , 350 , 357 , 360 , Amri ware, 149 373 , 404 , 414 , 454 – 55 anchor settlements, 145 , 160 , 171 , 305 , 315 , 330 , Acharya, K.P., 325 336 , 351 Afghanistan, 10 , 28 , 32 – 33 , 44 , 66 , 83 , 86 , 91 , 97 , 165 , Andaman Islands, 33 178 , 183 , 211 , 218 , 220 , 246 , 273 , 289 , 326 , 328 , Andhra Pradesh, 310 , 339 , 342 , 386 331 , 360 – 61 , 370 , 373 , 403 , 406 , 444 , 446 , 451 , 473 animal domestication, 131 agate, 21 , 122 , 162 , 189 , 192 , 198 , 220 , 259 , 301 – 2 , animal husbandry, 22 , 105 , 222 336 , 386 , 447 , 480 Anthony, D., 56 Agrawal, D.P., 6 , 19 , 94 , 245 , 281 , 288 , 291 , 293 , 321 , Anuradhapura, 13 , 53 , 96 , 136 , 218 , 244 , 311 , 320 , 339 , 466 , 476 346 , 348 , 351 , 359 – 60 , 362 , 390 , 393 – 95 , 403 – 4 , Ahar, 300 , 477 , 480 409 , 412 , 418 – 19 , 431 – 32 , 444 , 447 , 456 , 475 , 478 , Ahar-Banas, 281 , 302 482 , 484 Ahicchatra, 362 , 421 apsidal shrine, 305 , 437 , 451 , 472 – 74 , 478 Ai Khanoum, 370 – 71 , 469 , 471 Arabian Sea, 6 , 32 – 33 , 38 , 49 , 143 , 162 , 178 , 211 , 224 , Ajatasatru, 358 229 , 232 – 33 , 247 , 259 , 263 , 267 , 274 – 75 , 326 , 333 , Ajithprasad, P., 131 449 , 464 , 480 Akkermans, P., 171 Arachosia, 332 , 397 Akra, 469 Aramaic, 371 , 378 , 401 , 406 , 444 , 453 Akra Dheri, 324 , 331 , 351 , 372 Aranyakas , 62 Alam, M.S., 384 Archaeological Survey of India, 74 , 77 , 80 , 83 , Alamgirpur, 297 93 – 94 , 180 , 192 , 311 , 439 Alexander the Great, 71 , 87 , 329 , 355 , 360 , 370 – 71 , Arikamedu, 80 , 83 – 84 , 345 – 46 , 387 , 403 , 475 373 – 74 , 376 – 77 , 399 , 404 , 410 , 424 Arthashastra , 12 , 60 , 217 , 244 , 358 , 403 , 406 – 7 , 409 , Algaze, G., 171 , 183 , 239 , 274 , 312 , 465 , 485 415 , 417 – 19 , 427 , 431 , 451 , 465 Ali, I., 95 , 284 , 287 , 431 Aryans, 16 , 54 , 83 , 85 , 89 – 90 , 255 , 265 , 281 , 285 , Aligrama, 247 , 284 , 286 , 294 , 322 , 325 , 328 , 372 , 374 316 – 17 , 342 , 476 Allah Bund, 267 – 68 ash mounds, 77 , 131 , 133 , 135 , 266 Allahabad, 72 , 83 , 127 , 243 , 335 , 408 , 413 , 427 , 431 ASI . See Archaeological Survey of India Allahdino, 254 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 68 , 70 – 71 , 408 Allchin, B. and F.R., 5 – 6 , 25 , 109 , 127 , 256 , 272 , 319 , Asoka, 5 , 9 , 71 – 72 , 403 , 406 , 408 – 12 , 414 , 424 , 328 , 335 , 343 , 466 426 , 436 – 37 , 442 , 444 – 45 , 447 – 48 , 450 – 51 , 454 , Allchin, F.R., 7 , 281 , 328 , 401 , 413 , 437 456 – 57 , 463 , 465 – 68 , 481 – 82 , 490 Allen, C., 67 , 438 Asokan edicts, 345 , 409 , 411 , 413 , 422 – 23 , 436 , 439 , Altekar, A.S., 478 452 , 467 , 490 Altyn-depe, 228 Astadhyayi , 358 , 449 Amaravati, 423 Asthana, S., 160 , 194 , 336 Ambala, 69 Athura Veda , 62 523 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84697-4 - The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE–200 CE Robin Coningham and Ruth Young Index More information 524 Index Atranjikhera, 297 , 318 , 334 – 37 Bharadvaja Asrama, 84 Austro-Asiatic, 32 , 53 , 57 Bharhut, 244 , 471 Avanzini, A., 449 Bharuch, 449 Ayodhya, 63 , 84 , 96 , 105 , 482 Bhir Mound, 86 , 328 , 377 – 78 , 413 , 419 , 424 , 434 , 436 , 447 , 456 , 469 , 477 Babri Mosque, 488 Bhita, 80 , 361 , 413 , 416 , 418 , 425 , 429 , 434 , 447 , 451 , Bactria, 397 – 98 456 , 477 , 483 Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex, 314 Bhukari, 336 Bagor, 21 – 22 , 130 , 202 , 216 Bhutan, 33 , 94 Bahrain, 91 , 197 , 230 – 31 , 233 , 263 , 273 , 379 Biagi, P., 139 Bairat, 415 , 441 , 452 Bidari, B., 445 Bajaur, 284 , 287 , 325 Bimbisara, 358 Balakot, 146 , 153 – 54 , 156 , 170 , 174 , 201 , 220 , 224 , Bir-kot-ghwandai, 157 , 247 , 294 , 254 , 268 325 , 372 , 469 Balambat, 325 , 374 Bisht, R.S., 194 , 249 , 336 Balathal, 131 , 171 , 302 , 477 – 78 bitumen, 115 , 126 , 153 , 185 , 232 , 285 Ball, W., 331 Black and Red Ware, 322 , 334 – 35 , 339 , 345 , 347 – 48 , Baluchistan, 22 , 25 , 33 , 51 , 57 , 86 , 103 , 107 – 9 , 114 , 381 , 390 , 395 , 423 119 , 131 , 139 , 146 , 148 – 49 , 151 , 153 – 54 , 159 , 161, black cotton soil, 302 , 305 , 319 170 – 72 , 175 , 180 , 218 , 224 – 25 , 257 , 262 , 264 – 66 , boats, 219 , 232 , 395f. 10.28. 273 – 74 , 276 , 282 , 297 , 302 , 312 – 13 , 320 , 363 , Bodh Gaya, 65 , 97 , 438 , 488 477 , 480 Boivin, N., 57 Bamiyan Buddhas, 97 , 488 Bolan Pass, 109 , 149 , 201 , 257 Banawali, 174 , 194 , 238 , 254 Bopearachchi, O., 413 Bandaranayake, S., 136 , 243 – 44 , 396 Brahmagiri, 38f2.5. , 83 , 310 , 343 – 47 , 386 , 416 , 422 , Banerjee, N.R., 6 , 91 , 465 446 , 453 Banerji, R.D., 181 Brahmanas , 62 Bangladesh, 7 , 33 – 34 , 36f2.4. – 37 , 93 – 94 , 127 , 130 , Brahmanism, 61 , 266 361 , 384 , 406 , 421 , 449 Brahmaputra river, 36 Bannu Black and Red Ware, 372 Brahmi, 71 , 384 , 392 , 406 , 408 , 432 , 442 , 444 – 45 , Bannu Black-on-Red Ware, 331 450 , 475 , 490 Bansi, 444 bronze tools, 22 , 154 , 162 , 215 , 233 Bara, 297 Brubaker, R., 342 Barama, 247 Bruce Foote, R., 20 , 67 , 76 Barbar, 263 Buddha , 358 , 382 , 384 , 414 , 436 , 474 barley, 51 , 107 , 116 , 122 , 125 , 129 , 131 , 136 – 38 , 154 , Buddhism, 10 , 17 , 44 , 60 – 61 , 64 – 66 , 76 , 93 , 164 – 65 , 221 – 22 , 253 , 270 , 295 , 298 , 449 393 – 94 , 409 – 10 , 412 , 432 , 440 , 442 , Barth, F., 57 456 , 468 , 475 , 482 Basant, B.K., 6 , 477 Budh Takkar, 267 – 68 Bay of Bengal, 33 , 36 , 38 , 449 Budihal, 134 – 35 bead production, 196 , 272 buff alo, 116 , 129 , 136 , 222 , 249 , 336 beads, 22 , 115 , 122 , 124 , 126 , 129 , 150 – 51 , 154 , 158 , Buff alo, 394 163 , 165 , 198 , 206 , 216 , 219 – 20 , 229 , 232 , 252 , 259 , Bukkasagara, 344 288 , 301 – 2 , 305 , 325 , 329 , 348 , 378 , 386 , 447 burials, 21 – 22 , 29 , 112 – 13 , 116 , 131 , 133 , 150 , 152 , Begley, V., 311 , 346 172 , 178 , 206 – 7 , 209 , 231 , 233 , 238 , 251 – 53 , 263 , Begram, 469 , 472 – 74 265 , 278 , 284 – 86 , 290 , 293 , 304 – 5 , 309 , 311 , 324 , Begum of Bhopal, 69 , 90 333 , 337 , 339 – 40 , 342 – 43 , 348 , 372, 374 , 386 , Behistun, 358 , 397 389 , 484 Beikthano, 418 dog burials, 126 , 285 Belcher, W., 154 , 162 , 220 horse burials, 325 , 340 Bellan-bandi Palassa, 311 Burnished Red Ware, 328 , 375 , 377 bell-shaped pits, 119 , 121 , 124 Burzahom, 119 , 122 – 24 , 127 , 285 , 325 Berenike, 449 Butkara, 436 Bernard, P., 370 – 71 , 470 Butkara I, 123 , 326 Beteille, A., 417 Butkara II, 286 , 324 Bhagahvad Ghita , 63 Bhagwanpura, 336 Callieri, P., 373 , 379 , 469 Bhan, K., 198 , 336 camel, 222 , 258 , 398 , 480 Bhandare, S., 471 Campanagar, 358 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-84697-4 - The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE–200 CE Robin Coningham and Ruth Young Index More information Index 525 carnelian, 22 , 44 , 122 , 140 , 150 , 153 , 163 , 198 , 206 , communal investment, 202 , 304 , 343 , 354 , 361 , 216 , 219 – 20 , 225 , 247 , 252 , 288 , 301 – 2 , 305 , 325 , 382 , 420 336 , 348 , 386 , 392 , 447 complex societies, 5 , 12 , 17 , 144 , 171 , 178 , 276 Carswell, J., 95 Coningham, R.A.E., 234 , 275 Casal, J.M., 154 – 55 , 159 , 174 , 225 – 26 , 255 , 261 Copper Hoard Culture, 480 – 81 cast copper coins, 381 , 386 copper tools, 21 , 23 , 202 , 216 , 301 , 319 – 20 caste, 32 , 57 – 61 , 66 , 393 – 94 , 417 , 456 cord impressed pottery, 128 , 334 – 35 , 382 , 384 , 440 caste system, 59 – 60 , 238 , 484 Cork, E., 275 cattle, 21 , 77 , 107 , 116 – 17 , 122 , 124 , 128 , 131 , 136 , 139 , Costantini, L., 116 156 , 164 , 222 , 238 , 271 , 294 , 298 , 348 , 353 , 393 – 94 , cotton, 115 – 16 , 220 – 21 398 , 463 craft specialisation, 15 , 17 , 115 , 144 , 150 , 158 , 170 , Cemetery H, 242 , 245 , 250 – 53 , 264 182 , 347 , 479 Cemetery H culture, 242 , 246 Crawford, H., 230 Central Asia, 10 , 16 , 32 – 33 , 44 , 55 , 79 , 114 , 126 , Cribb, J., 402 262 – 63 , 265 , 314 , 328 , 471 , 473 Crumley, C., 13 Chakrabarti, D.K., 7 , 21 , 45 , 64 , 67 , 69 , 76 , 93 , 95 , 98 , cultural transmission theory, 147 130 , 236 , 254 , 275 , 300 , 318 – 20 , 448 , 466 , 471 Cunningham, A., 23 , 67 , 71 , 75 – 77 , 87 , 180 – 81 , 243 , Chakraborty, S., 5 , 7 , 29 , 384 329 , 438 , 466 chalcedony, 21 , 119 , 162 , 198 , 213 , 249 , 303 , 325 Chalcolithic, 23 , 27 – 28 , 44 , 91 , 113 – 14 , 118 , 133 , Dabarkot, 257 136 , 143 , 148 – 51 , 154 , 156 , 246 , 281 – 83 , 298 , 304 , Dabr Kot, 119 308 – 10 , 312 , 319 – 21 , 331 – 32 , 335 – 36 , 339 – 40 , 342 , Dadapur, 320 344 , 347 – 48 , 390 , 477 , 485 Dahan-e Gholaman, 363 , 367 , 372 , 375 , 379 , 401 Chandoli, 304 – 5 Daimabad, 283 , 289 , 300 , 304 – 5 , 307 , Chandragupta Maurya, 89 , 410 – 11 , 419 313 , 478 – 79 Chandravalli, 346 , 387 Dales, G., 153 , 194 , 204 , 215 , 220 , 224 , 256 , Chanhu-daro, 86 , 89 , 223 , 255 , 257 , 267 265 , 267 – 68 Charsadda, 75 , 77 , 80 – 81 , 87 , 91 , 293 , 316 , 320 , 322 , Dalverzin-tepe, 473 324 , 326 , 328 – 29 , 333 , 346 , 351 , 362 , 375 – 77 , 379 , Damb Sadaat, 148 – 49 , 151 – 52 , 170 , 205 401 , 416 , 423 – 24 , 431 , 456 , 469 , 473 Dambulla, 244 Chase, B., 28 , 148 , 216 Damkot, 247 , 325 Chehr Abad, 399 Dancing Girl, 457 – 58 Chennai, 73 , 77 Dandamaev, M.A., 358 , 398 Cherian, P.J., 475 Dandek, 49 Cherry, J., 239 , 465 Dani, A.H., 42 , 82 – 83 , 85 , 162 , 166 ,