A long-forgotten civilization -- Geographical and environmental settings -- From foraging to farming and pastoralism -- An era of expansion and transformation -- Urbanism and states: cities, regions, and edge zones -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies I -- Intensification and specialization -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies II -- Diversification, organization of production, and distribution -- The lure of distant lands -- Landscapes of order and difference -- the cultural construction of space, place, and social difference -- Models for Indus religious ideologies -- The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states.