Harappa 1924-25: A Lost City Emerges
We have completed the brand new 104 slide section 1924-25: A Lost City Emerges by Dr. Sudeshna Guha which puts back together a pivotal excavation season at Harappa through photographs and text.
The Only Known Meluhan Personal Names: Samar and Nanaza
Tucked into the fascinating book Babylonia, the Gulf Region and the Indus: Archaeological and Textual Evidence for Contact in the Third and Early Second Millennia BC (Mesopotamian Civilizations, 2017) is a tidbit that brings to light what are possibly the only two ancient Meluhan names we know of.
Caring for Mohenjo-daro
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An overview, with very recent drone footage, of the site describing a major project to understand the site better on a micro-level and the many methods of "care" involved in its maintenance, then and now.
Happy New Year 2025
As we embark on what by November will be our 30th year online, we wish everyone into the ancient Indus Civilization a very Happy New Year!
Faking it? X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Beads from Kotada Badli Reveals Evidence for Imitation Steatite in Harappan Gujarat
An intriguing article in the way it creates multiple openings in thinking about ancient Indus society. The subject is a set of three of four beads found at a rural "Sorath Harappan" site (2300-1900 BCE) in Gujarat.
Madho Sarup Vats
Madho Sarup Vats (1896–1955, shown above at Mohenjo-daro) was an influential Indian archaeologist best known for his pioneering work on the Indus Valley Civilization, particularly the sites of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.
