Rescuing from Oblivion

Ahmad Hasan Dani and Study of the Indus Civilization

Abstract

This article focusses on Ahmad Hasan Dani’s association with his studies on the Indus Valley Civilization. Two significant events have been explored and investigated with the help of primary documents available at the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. The first event relates to organizing a symposium on the Indus Civilization in 1979 within the framework of UNESCO’s study programme for the civilizations of Central Asia. The second point of examination is the now popular book, titled Indus Civilization: New Perspectives, edited by Dani in 1981. Both academic and professional as well as political considerations involved therein with a special concentration of Dani’s role have been explored.