Ancient South Asian World

by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Kimberley Heuston

Book Overview

A young archaeologist finds a primitive hand axe that is thought to be more than 400,000 years old. Engineers building a railroad discover that the gravel they're using is actually 5,000-year-old crumbling brick from the ancient Indus Valley civilization. An Englishman living in India is fascinated by the mysterious script on the ancient coins he collects and works feverishly to decode the long-lost language. These are a few of the clues to a fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195174224
• ISBN13: 9780195174229
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 11 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 10

Customer Reviews

Great Intro to South Asia

Kenoyer and Heuston have put together a solid introdution to (Ancient) South Asia. This book is written at about a middle school level and I use selections for this book with various middle school and upper elementary school students that I work with. Why is this book great? one reason: It has the most up to date scholarship presented in small chapters and units that can be used for teaching non-university students. For those of you familiar at all with the writing of academics know this is an extremely rare treat.