The Indus Civilization by Wheeler, Sir Mortimer - 1976

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. VG/VG. 1972. 3rd Edition. BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE & DJ HAS SOME SLIGHT SHELF WEAR .

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Cambridge, 1953. (Supplementary Volume, Cambridge History of India) 98 pages, clothbound, very good condition in dust jacket. .

BCA by arrangement with Cambridge University Press, 1976,. see description. 8vo, xi,178pp, 56 photographs on art paper, 16 figures in text, long folding plan of Harappa citadel backed up by a section through its defences,and another showing a section through the Mohenjo-daro granary, original cloth, title gilt on spine, illustrated dw, vg+.

Hardback. 1976. 3rd ed. 153pp 34 plates 2 fldg. plans figs. in text, Cambridge at the University Press 1968.. Very good ex-library copy in dust jacket. .

BCA, London, by arrangement with Cambridge University Press, 1976,. see description. large 8vo, xi,144pp + 34pp of photo-illustrations on art paper, two folding plans, sketches and other figures in text, cloth boards, title gilt on spine, illustrated dw, almost as new.

Book Club Associates, 1976. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Third edition reprint, 1976, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dj lightly rubbed to edges; brown cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotations or inscriptions - private ex libris bookplate to ffep; toning to page-ends but text, plates, fold-out charts, maps and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

London, U.K.: Book Club Associates , 1972 The dust jacket has a little wear, with light discolouration and minor scuffs on the edges. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 144 pages + 34 additional pages b/w photo plates. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London England: Book Club Associates, 1972. Hardback. The Indus Civilization. Slight foxing to edge. Slight browning to edge of back D/J. In 1921 at Harappa, a small town in the Punjab, and in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro in Sind, evidence was discovered of an evolved urban culture nearly two thousand years older than any previously recognized in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. From the distribution of the sites first explored, the culture was named the Indus Valley civilization. This name it retains, although subsequent research has revealed elements of the civilization on the one hand westwards to the Makran coast and Saurashtra, and on the other hand eastwards into the valley of the Yamuna (Jumna). Thus amplified, the civilization is appreciably larger than its contemporaries in Iraq and Egypt. In this third edition Sir Mortimer Wheeler summarizes the new contributions to the study of the Indus civilization. Several sections have been rewritten, including new discussions on climate and dating. The book has… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. In 1921 at Harappa and in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro in Sind, evidence was discovered of an evolved urban culture nearly two thousand years older than any previously recognized in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent and was named the Indus Valley civilization. Climate and dating are discussed and the book includes over 50 photographs of pottery, sculpture and sites.