The Indus: Lost Civilizations Hardcover – December 15, 2015

It's a great book for those who know little to nothing about Indus civilization. It is concise - it provides the overview of the accumulated knowledge about the civilization from different perspectives (discovery, historiography, religion, script etc) without turning into the endless musings. Typically several schools of thoughts are mentioned considering each of the aspect of the Indus civilization and its studies, without dogmatic preference to any paradigm. The book is cohesive - the overlapping of material is minimal, but the chapters add to each other to form one multifaceted idea of what the ancient civilization. The author's personal remarks are rare and always seem appropriate The book is rigorously scientific in its approach to the topic, but doesn't leave the impression of a detached examination, which would be really strange given the sense of wonder the Indus civilization implants into anyone studying it. The text touches upon the lost culture's mysteries, but without being overly sensational and keeping it rather mundane - again, staying true to the book's scientific approach. It also provides nice bibliography, not expansive, but essential, so that anyone interested in further deeper studies of the subject could choose what to read next. Overall, I'd highly recommended the book provided that you new to the field.

The Indus valley civilization has always been a source of fascination for me, having lived almost my entire life in the area. It has enabled me to understand who were the people of Indus valley and whey they disappeared so mysteriously from an area of Sindh, Punjab and in to modern day India. This was a civilization far ahead of its time, in terms of urban planning and city dwelling. Andrew deals in each of the chapters about religion, art, culture trade and their culture that flourished along the Indus and its global outreach. Felt a proud of an advanced civilization that existed in our country thousands of years ago.A must read for those who feel passionately about Indus and its civilization.

One of what is probably a large series of "mass-produced" reviews. Really not all that well-written. It contains lots of information readily available elsewhere. I suspect the author(s) consulted Google and/or Wikipedia.

A well done review of the very little that is known of the long-lost civilization of Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus River valley.

Good book.

Very informative deals with facts not speculation

Reads easily and the illustrations supplement the text very well. Encouraged me to look for other books by this author.

Pages 15-18 came right out of the book on me in the first three days of reading it, and I'm rather careful when reading my books. So it's not particularly good construction on this book.

A very well written book. One of the few books that gives a more complete picture of one of the world's true "Lost Civilizations" in the world. Other books prior have been patchy at best.

an excellent introduction perhaps one of the best books available about the ancient Indian subcontinent

Probably the most comprehensive book on Indus civilization in English so far. The only downside - some of the illustrations in the Kindle edition were missing for some strange reason.

A useful, up-to-date summary of the state of knowledge of the Indus Valley civilisation under separate, short chapters about various aspects of the culture. There is not much new or controversial information in it, but Robinson presents a number of specific examples on which to focus, with pertinent illustrations.

Small price for softer arguments