FINDING FORGOTTEN CITIES: HOW THE INDUS CIVILIZATION WAS DISCOVERED
Book ID/图书代码： 12010014B67022
English Summary/英文概要： Just a century ago, scholars believed that civilization in the Indus Valley began three thousand years ago during the Vedic Age. But in the autumn of 1924, John Marshall made an announcement that rocked the understanding of the ancient world and pushed back the boundaries of Indian history by two thousand years more: the discovery of the civilization at Harappa, located in present-day Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan. A sophisticated culture dating back to 2600 BC, this ancient city was notable for its well-planned streets and for having the oldest known urban sanitation system. Based on previously unknown archival materials, "Finding Forgotten Cities" not only details an archaeological discovery on the same scale as Troy, but introduces us to the colorful cast of characters who made it possible and overcame the challenges and travails of this colossal excavation. Nayanjot Lahiri’s fascinating history includes tales of self-taught archaeologists like Charles Masson, the collector who first described an ancient Indus Valley culture, as well as Alexander Cunningham, the archaeological pioneer who first excavated Harappa with diggers Daya Ram Sahni, Rakhaldas Banerji, and Madho Sarup Vats in the 1850s. And at the center of Lahiri’s story is John Marshall, a Cambridge classicist brought by Lord Curzon to India to lead the Archaeological Survey of India and the man who finally pieced together the truth about this long-forgotten civilization. Spanning nearly a century, "Finding Forgotten Cities" presents a powerful narrative history of one of the key sites of the ancient world that offers interesting insight into the origins of modern civilization.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 仅一个世纪前，学者们还认为印度河谷内的文明发源于3000年前的吠陀时代。然而在1924年的秋天，John Marshall发表了一份声明：在哈拉帕发现了文明，这颠覆了人们对古代世界的认知并且将印度历史的起点往前推了2000年。哈拉帕位于现今巴基斯坦信德省与旁遮普省内。这个古老的城市拥有复杂的文化，可追溯到公元前2600年，值得注意的是它拥有规划有序的街道和已知最古老的城市下水道系统。《寻找被遗忘的城市》这本书的素材来自先前未知的档案资料。它不仅详细描述了能与特洛伊比肩的考古发现，还向我们介绍了克服挑战与艰辛使庞大的发掘工作得以进行的各色人物。Nayanjot Lahiri在令人着迷的历史叙述中讲述了自学成才的考古学家们的故事。比如Charles Masson，他是一位收藏家，最先描绘了印度河谷古文化；又比如Alexander Cunningham，他是一位考古先驱，在1850年代与挖掘者Daya Ram Sahni、Rakhaldas Banerji、Madho Sarup Vats一道最先发掘了哈拉帕。Lahiri书中的主角是John Marshall，一位剑桥古典学者。Curzon勋爵带他前往印度主持对印度的考古研究，他最终发现了这一被湮没的文明。《寻找被遗忘的城市》叙述了跨度近一个世纪的考古活动，展现了古代世界其中一个关键地区的震撼历史，让我们对现代文明的起源有了更深刻的认识。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“我对《寻找被遗忘的城市》几乎爱不释手。这是一本精心编写的印度考古开端史，也是一本关于印度考古领军人物John Marshall爵士的开创性传记。”（Asko Parpola，时代周刊高等教育增刊）"I could hardly put Finding Forgotten Cities down. It is an enticingly well-written history of the beginnings of Indian archaeology and the first biography of its kind of the leading figure Sir John Marshall." (Asko Parpola, Times Higher Education Supplement)"
About the Author/作者介绍： Nayanjot Lahiri是德里大学历史教授。她是《对公元前约200年之前印度贸易道路的考古研究》的作者，以及《印度文明衰亡史》、《古代印度：新的研究》（与Upinder Singh合作）两书的编者。Nayanjot Lahiri is professor of history at the University of Delhi. She is the author of The Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes up to c. 200 BC and the editor of both The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization and, with Upinder Singh, Ancient India: New Research.
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