A Manual of Prehistoric India

Contents: 1. Races and cultures in India - Earlier studies and present outlook. 2. The geological background; geographical and palaeo-geographical features. 3. The palaeontological basis--The human ancestry--The cradle-land--The Siwalik Primates--Fossil men outside India. 4. The earliest artifacts of Pre-Chellean India (probably more than a lac of years old). 5. Early Palaeolithic phases--Chellean, Acheullean and Mousterian types. 6. Pleistocene cave-life--Karnul. 7. Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic cultures--The Capsian industry stations. 8. Prehistoric cave-art and rock-carvings. 9. The Neolithic types in India. 10. The Neolithic culture-stations. 11. Prehistoric metallurgy. 12. Mohen-jo-Daro - a remarkable discovery of an Eneolithic site--Harappa and Nal-Sir John Marshall\'s reports. 13. Prehistoric copper and bronze finds from other sites. 14. The Indian Megaliths--their builders and origin. 15. The Megalithic structures--their architectural features, contents and distribution in India. 16. From extinct to living types--Mammals--The Bayana, Sialkot, Nala, Mohen-jo-Daro and Adichanllur human remains. 17. Prehistoric potteries and terracottas of India. 18. Culture--sequence and origins. Appendices. Index.