Christine Preston is a Researcher in the Classics and Ancient History Department, University of Swansea. In the process of researching the origin of Indo-European languages she came across L A Waddell's The British Edda, which led her to write this biography. Her current research focuses on the Archaeology of the Indus Valley civilization; Aryan and Sumerian controversies; and decipherment of Indus Script.

• Preface; Introduction: The Controversial Scholar; Quest and Career - A Tour of the Himalayas; Excavations in Pataliputra, 1895-1903; Quest for Manuscripts in Lhasa, 1903-1904; Sumerian, Decipherment, and 'Shinar'; Decoding the Dragon and Rise of Man (The British Edda); The Phoenician Origin of the Britons; Identification of the first Sumerian Dynasty; Ur-Nina, Ruler of the Gardens of Sumeria; Menes was Sumerian; Archaeology of the Indus Valley Civilisation; Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered; Findings about the 'Second Edin'; Decipherment of the Seals; Epilogue: The Forgotten Scholar; Appendices; Index.

Christine Preston is a Researcher in the Classics and Ancient History Department, University of Swansea. In the process of researching the origin of Indo-European languages she came across L A Waddell's The British Edda, which led her to write this biography. Her current research focuses on the Archaeology of the Indus Valley civilization; Aryan and Sumerian controversies; and decipherment of Indus Script.

• Preface; Introduction: The Controversial Scholar; Quest and Career - A Tour of the Himalayas; Excavations in Pataliputra, 1895-1903; Quest for Manuscripts in Lhasa, 1903-1904; Sumerian, Decipherment, and 'Shinar'; Decoding the Dragon and Rise of Man (The British Edda); The Phoenician Origin of the Britons; Identification of the first Sumerian Dynasty; Ur-Nina, Ruler of the Gardens of Sumeria; Menes was Sumerian; Archaeology of the Indus Valley Civilisation; Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered; Findings about the 'Second Edin'; Decipherment of the Seals; Epilogue: The Forgotten Scholar; Appendices; Index.

Christine Preston is a Researcher in the Classics and Ancient History Department, University of Swansea. In the process of researching the origin of Indo-European languages she came across L A Waddell's The British Edda, which led her to write this biography. Her current research focuses on the Archaeology of the Indus Valley civilization; Aryan and Sumerian controversies; and decipherment of Indus Script.

• Preface; Introduction: The Controversial Scholar; Quest and Career - A Tour of the Himalayas; Excavations in Pataliputra, 1895-1903; Quest for Manuscripts in Lhasa, 1903-1904; Sumerian, Decipherment, and 'Shinar'; Decoding the Dragon and Rise of Man (The British Edda); The Phoenician Origin of the Britons; Identification of the first Sumerian Dynasty; Ur-Nina, Ruler of the Gardens of Sumeria; Menes was Sumerian; Archaeology of the Indus Valley Civilisation; Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered; Findings about the 'Second Edin'; Decipherment of the Seals; Epilogue: The Forgotten Scholar; Appendices; Index.