finding forgotten cities : How the Indus Civilization Was Discovered

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In the autumn of 1924, the archaeologist John Marshall made an announcement that dramatically altered existing perceptions of South Asia's antiquity: the discovery of 'the civilization of the Indus valley'. Marshall's news conveyed one of the most monumental discoveries in the history of civilization, on the same scale as the findings of Heinrich Schliemann (who unearthed Troy) and Arthur Evans (who dug out Minoan Crete). The Troy and Crete stories have been well told. But a detailed, archivally rich and accessible narrative of the people, processes, places and puzzles that led up to Marshall's proclamation on the Indus civilization has, like the civilization itself, long remained buried. Now, for the first time in this book, we have the whole story, enchantingly told. Finding Forgotten Cities comprises a powerful narrative history of how India's antiquity was unexpectedly unearthed, it will interest every serious reader of history and anyone who likes to read an utterly fascinating story.

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Nayanjot Lahiri is a professor and teaches archaeology in the History Department at the University of Delhi. She has previously written Pre-Ahom Assam (1991) and The Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes (1992). She has also co-authored Copper and its Alloys in Ancient India (1996), edited The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization (2000), co-edited Ancient India New Research (2009) and an issue of World Archaeology titled The Archaeology of Hinduism (2006).