Description
This book is about linguistic archaeology and how it is used to study South Asian prehistory. It discusses the Indus Valley Civilization and how its linguistic evidence is connected to other regions. It also has implications for social history.
This book brings together linguistic and archaeological evidence of South Asian prehistory. The author depicts and analyses the region, in particular the Indus Valley civilization, its links with neighbouring regions and its implications for social history. Each type of linguistic data is put into its socio-historical context. Consequently, the book is both a description of the unique methodology 'linguistic archaeology' and a treatment of South Asian linguistic data.