Indus Valley Painted Pottery - A Comparative Study Of The Designs On The Painted Wares Of The Harappa Culture
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INDUS VALLEY PAINTED POTTERY- A Comparative Study of the Designs on the Painted Wares of the Harappa Culture BY RICHARD F. S. STARR. FOREWORD: THIS volume is not, nor could it be, so complete and conclusive a discussion of the subject as to pretend solution to all its riddles and answers to all its questions. The mysteries of prehistoric in terrelationships could not be so eaSfly or fully penetrated. It is, rather, the hope of the author that this work will help to clarify and stimulate future and further discussions in this field and if the data and suggestions in the following pages help to an ap preciable degree in clearing away the haze that has surrounded the Indus Valley in its relationship to other portions of the ancient world, the real purpose of this work will have been accomplished. This study originated in 1938 as a dissertation presented to Princeton University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Since then, it has been entirely revised and rewritten the less important material has been eliminated and much has been added that was originally overlooked or has been newly dis covered. So many people have given their assistance in this work that it is difficult to acknowledge my gratitude to each individually. How ever, I wish first of all to mention the assistance given by my wife. Not only her uncomplaining and interminable labor at typing, re typing and proofreading, but her clear-sighted criticism has been pf enormous help. Among those in the academic world I am espe cially indebted to Professor Harold H. Bender and Professor Philip K. Hitti for their continual and willing assistance, both of a schol arly and material nature, and I wish here to emphasize my obliga tion to them. Professor Ernst Herzfeld, with his usual generosity, jj s given me much of his time and, as always, his comments have been stimulating, penetrating and wise. I wish also to thank Pro fessor W. Norman Brown and Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy for reading my manuscript an
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