1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE PALAEOLITHIC CONTEXT 3. THE MESOLITHIC HORIZON AND ASSOCIATED ROCK ART 4. THE GROWTH OF VILLAGES: FROM BALUCHISTAN TO HARYANA AND GUJARAT 5. THE INDUS OR HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION 6. NEOLITHIC-CHALCOLITHIC AND IRON-BEARING CULTURES BEYOND THE HARAPPAN DISTRIBUTION ZONE 7. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY HISTORIC INDIA 8. SOME GENERAL ISSUES
