Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-515) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Coming to be: origins of the human journey -- Bronze age civilizations: ancient civilizations of the world -- The lingering riddles: the undated prehistory of India -- Dravidian theories for the IVC: origins of Dravidian speakers and the Dravidian hypothesis -- Place-names do travel: onomastic footprints -- Ancient Tamilnadu and Old Tamil texts: glimpses of a lost Indus stream in the Deep South -- IVC place-names as proof for Dravidian authorship: the Korkai-Vanji-Tondi complex -- The 'High--West: Low--East' dichotomy of Indus cities: a Dravidian paradigm -- The Dravidian red: colour code of the Indus mind -- Dravidian Gujarat: The Velir corridor -- Dravidian Maharashtra: The golden land of Nannan -- vestiges of the IVC in Kongu and Nagarathar: case studies of two communities -- Anklets from Indus to Vaigai: mother goddesses in the Dravidian scape -- Roots of Vanni: tree of life -- The game is on: sports as a way of life -- Dice on roll: pastime of the past -- Adichanallur and Keeladi: the umbilical cord -- Epilogue and the way forward.
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