1 “...The book provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia's past, from...”

2 Table of Contents: “... Asia -- Background to State Formation and the Coded Polities in South Asia and the Coded Polities...”

3 Table of Contents: “... Asia -- Chapter 7 Central Asia -- Chapter 8 South Asia -- Chapter 9 Southeast Asia and Oceania...”

4 Table of Contents: “... in South Asia from Late Pleistocene Cave and Rockshelters of Sri Lanka -- The Walandawe Tradition from...”

5 “..., opening up trade and cultural exchange with countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia...”

6 Table of Contents: “... -- The Lower to Middle Paleolithic Transition in South Asia and Its Implications for Hominin Cognition...”