Contents: Preface. List of contributors. 1. Seventy years of Harappan archaeological research/J.M. Kenoyer and R.H. Meadow. 2. Archaeo-metallurgy in India/A.K. Biswas. 3. Metal technologies of Harappan/Jonathan M. Kenoyer and Heather M.L. Miller. 4. Evidence of surgery and trepanation at Burzahom or Harappan associated site/Anek R. Sankhyan and George J. Weber. 5. Tin in Harappan Bronze/Dilip K. Chakrabarti. 6. Copper Bronze alloy of Harappan/Nayan Jot Lahiri. 7. Archaeo-metallurgical tradition of the Harappan/D.P. Agrawal and Rajan Seshadri. 8. Copper archaeo-metallurgey in literature/D.K. Chakrabarti. 9. Harappan trade in metals and minerals/Shashi Asthana. 10. Peaceful Harappans : absence of warfare in the Indus Civilization/Edward Cork. 11. Harappan continuity of high tin copper in South Asia/Sarada Srinivasan. 12. Harappan hydraulic engineering/R.S. Bisht. 13. Glazed materials from Mehrgarh and Nausharo/Blanche Barthelemy De Saizieu and Anne Bouquillon. 14. Wheeled vehicles of the Harappan civilization/Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. 15. Copper lead alloy in Shahi Tump South Indo-Iranian Border Land (4000-3000 B.C.)/M. Sharma. 16. Course of lost Saraswati River/D.P. Sharma and A.K. Choudhary. 17. New Harappan excavations in lost Saraswati Region/D.P. Sharma. 18. Bronze Age Civilizations of Asia during 3300-1900 B.C./D.P. Sharma. 19. Harappans weights and measures/M.V.N. Krishna Rao. 20. Meluhha: the land of copper trader/M.K. Dhavalikar. 21. Copper metallurgy of Harappans civilizations at Dholavira/David Bourgarit, Nizamuddin Taher, Benoit Mille and Jean-Pierre Mohen. Plates.

This volume Science and Metal Technology of Harappans consist of twenty-one papers contributed by eminent scholars engaged in the systematic excavations and scientific study, research and analysis in the field of Harappan archaeology and allied sciences. Harappan culture is a Bronze Age urban civilization. Though not the oldest, it is the first known civilization in the Indian sub continent. It covers an area of two million square km. to date around 2700 Harappan and its related sites have been reported in North-West South Asia.

These papers, with notes, references and bibliographies, are well illustrated and cover a wide range in the field of archaeological research, archaeo-metallurgy, surgery and trepanation, copper, bronze and metal technologies, trade in metals and minerals, hydraulic engineering and other allied topics.