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First Excavations at Harappa
1924-25: A Lost City Emerges

Harappa Pit

A view of a large trench with structures, of bricks. Sahni excavated four large pits in section B of Mound AB, which he described as:

“Four large pits, each 50' square, were sunk simultaneously in a line in the southern portion of mound B, which has an average elevation of 40' above the surrounding plain, and excavated to a depth of 12' below the surface. Here, too, the structural remains had been destroyed by brick contractors, but the excavation was rewarded by a number of interesting portable antiquities.”

- Daya Ram Sahni ARASI 1924-25, pp. 79-80.

Slide Year
1924-25: A Lost City Emerges
ASI Number
1260/86
Punjab Volume
32
Silver Plate
516
Excavations
Harappa
Photograph
Daya Ram Sahni
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