Glimpses of Harappan Archaco logy (c. 2700 B. C-2000 BC.)is a joint work of DP Sharma and Madhuri Sharma. The book includes an introduction, nomenclatures, discoveries, stories of excavations, migration, and updates about Harappan Archaeology, Art, minor arts and crafts, Harappan society, religion, trade transport, and the decline of Harappan civilization.
The Harappan civilization is the most appropriate term for its nomenclature. In 1917, Lugi Pi Tessitori did excavations at Kalibangan. Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri has recently confirmed that Tessitori's excavated material of Kalibangan belongs to the Early and Mature Harappan age. Since then about 2668 Harappan and its associated sites have been. reported in Northwest South Asia, whereas Harappan archaeologists have excavated only 208 sites, Harappan civilization covers 1-6. million sq km, in area. The newly excavated sites of the Harappan civilization are Barror, Chak 86, Kuran, Bhirana, Mandi, and Sanauli.
The Harappans used steatite, Lapis Lazuli, clay, Faience, ivory, gold, silver and camelian for their craft and jewellery items. The artisans were skilled in making bronze, terracotta and stone sculptures, most of them being handmade and very small in size. This was the beginning of first urbanization in the subcontinent with the emergence of well planned cities with massive walls and gateways, highly developed trade and transportation, agriculture and use of script and languages.