During a recent online discussion, Salima Hashmi, daughter of the great Pakistani poet poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, mentioned that he had written a single English poem, The Unicorn and the Dancing Girl. It was published, amended most likely by Faiz himself, in the book The Unicorn and the Dancing Girl in 1988. The original version was published in 1961. >
A Southasia Peace Action Network (SAPAN) discussion pegged on Harappa Films’ award-winning documentary Mohenjo daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City (37 min, 2026) recently released on YouTube. >
A compact and thought-provoking piece by Dr. Asko Parpola, inspired by Dr. Heidi J. Miller's article New Ivory Rods from Mohenjo-daro and an Exploration of This Object Class presented at the 2014 Stockholm EASAA conference. He narrows the focus to rods with incised inscriptions — about 32 texts, 26… >
Dr. Heidi J. Miller discusses 18 previously unpublished ivory rods from Dr. George F. Dales's 1964–65 joint Pakistan Department of Archaeology/University of Pennsylvania season, excavated from a 20-meter square in the southwest corner of the HR mound. This is a large amount to have been discovered … >
It is with real sadness that I report the passing away of Dr. Richard H. Meadow, Director of the Zooarcheaology Laboratory at the Peabody Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology at Harvard University. He was also one of the key contributors to Harappa.com – in fact it was an email from him in 1995 that set me down the road to building Harappa.com as a website that ultimately became fully dedicated to the ancient Indus civilization. >
The sun sets on the Stupa Mound at Mohenjo-daro in early 2026 [Image 1]. The so-called "Divinity Lane" at Mohenjo-daro [2] separates the Stupa from the Great Bath, "College" and other areas. >
