Korean J Phys Anthropol.  2015 Mar;28(1):1-9. 10.11637/kjpa.2015.28.1.1.

Human Skeletal Remains from Ancient Burial Sites in India: With Special Reference to Harappan Civilization

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Archaeology, Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute, India. vshinde.dc@gmail.com
  • 2Department of Anatomy, Institute of Forensic Science, Seoul National University, Korea.

Abstract

Harappan Civilization is well known for highly sophisticated urban society, having been flourished in extensive regions of northwestern part of Pakistan and northeastern part of Afghanistan as its heyday around 4500 years ago. Most archaeologists agree on the periodization of this civilization as three different phases (Early, Mature and Late), which represent its cultural process of origin, development and decline. From the Harappan sites, one can note that there were about more than fifty burial sites discovered so far related with the civilization. In this article, we are trying to introduce the brief picture of the Harappan burials from the archaeological as well as anthropological perspectives.

Keyword

Harappan Civilization; Burial sites; Anthropology; Archaeology; Human skeletal remains

MeSH Terms

Afghanistan
Anthropology
Archaeology
Burial*
Civilization*
Humans
India*
Pakistan
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