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Peaceful Harappans? Reviewing the evidence for the absence of warfare in the Indus Civilisation of north-west India and Pakistan (c. 2500-1900 BC)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Edward Cork
Edward Cork*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Durham, Durham, UK (Email: e.g.cork@durham.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Life beside the ancient Indus may not have been so peaceful and egalitarian as has sometimes been thought. Arguing from weapons, the author shows that Harappans only appear to be militarily under-endowed in comparison with Mesopotamians because their assemblages are derived from settlement finds rather than grand tombs.

Keywords

IndusHarappawarfareweaponsmetallurgy
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Debate
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Antiquity , Volume 79 , Issue 304 , June 2005 , pp. 411 - 423
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2005

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