A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts. * The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges * Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal * A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation * A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history