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An examination of traditional pottery methods and practices in light of an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. in 1987.

A fascinating, well-documented article on Indus city layouts and linguistic paradigms. First published by the Indus Research Center at the Roja Muthiah Research Library in Chennai in December 2012.

This paper will summarize the available literature and recent discoveries on the production and use of metals by peoples ofthe Indus Valley,Tradition of Pakistan and Western India. The primary focus is on the Harappan Phase (2600-1900 B.C.), and includes a review of collections and technical arialyses of metal artifacts, along with tables of the published analyses from the sites of Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, Lothal, and Rangpur.

The vast mounded remains of the ancient city of Harappa, one of the largest sites of the Indus Valley civilization, have been known by scholars for more than one hundred years. Occupied almost continuously for more than five thousand years, Harappa's ancient ruins represent the traces of one of the earliest cities of the world, and even today one-third of the area is still occupied by the modern and thriving city of Harappa.

This article presents an overview of the important technological and organization aspects of the carnelian bead industry that will be useful in developing interpretive models regarding the role of agate bead production in early urban societies.