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Terracotta Animal Figurines

  • Terracotta Animal Figurines

"Animal figures, mostly in terracotta, have been found in very large numbers at Harappa. They are also fairly common in faience, specially the squirrels and rams, both of which were used as amulets. More rarely, they were made of steatite, shell and… >

Trench B Western Extension

  • Trench B Western Extension

Looking from the northeast to the southwest, this photo shows the plinths left from the excavation of this area. The reason for not excavating these large sections may be due to the fact that there were traces of walls at the uppermost levels. Late… >

Excavation Pit II from N.E.

  • Excavation Pit II from N.E.

View of Pit II, Mound AB, showing parts of a brick structure with a label, PII 99. About the excavations of Pit II in Mound AB, Sahni reported: “No structural remains were met with in this trench until the excavation reached the depth of 12’, whe… >

Double Lion head terracotta cone found in trench A

  • Double Lion head terracotta cone found in trench A

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (f), with the ‘cone’ base. Title: ‘Double-headed Terracotta bust of a Lion’ Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate LXXIX, 88. Described as ‘A Jugate Tiger Head’ The field number of this object … >

Globular Pot

  • Globular Pot

Circular Hearth in Eastern Part of Trench A (f) from S.E. View of a large globular pot. Sahni reported a “large heap of ashes mixed with charred bones” from Trench A (f) [p. 75], and described the excavations at this area as: “In the area b… >

Pot insitu filled with Bones

  • Pot insitu filled with Bones

Earthen chati filled with earth containing several bones. Pot insitu filled with several bones, Pit II. Field no on the jar PII 84. A walking cane placed near the jar represents the scale for height. Of Pit II, in Mound AB, Sahni n… >

Large earthenware Vat

  • Large earthen vat

"Four trial trenches were dug in site F in places which appeared most favourable for examination. One of them to the west of the main trench disclosed at the depth of about 8 feet a well-preserved water reservoir lined with brick and provided with a… >

Two Historical Terracotta Vessels

  • Two Historical Terracotta Vessels

These two clay lamps were photographed together, however one (A419) was found in Mound F, and the other (Bg3) was found in Mound A-B. There are three photographs of these lamps, with subtle differences. E.g two of them include photographic scale… >

Mound B Pot in Bricks

  • Mound B Pot in Bricks

View of mound B showing the narrow space at the west end of the twin chatti the small earthen jar fixed among bricks. View of a rectangular structure, with walls of bricks and an embedded earthen jar at the corner. Sahni described the structures … >

Earlier sculptures in trench A (e)

  • Earlier sculptures in trench A

Of Trench A (e) Sahni noted: “In mound F which rises about 25’ above the plain level, a large area (Ae) has been dug along the western edge of the site. … The uppermost stratum yielded, besides a number of fragmentary walls, a well preserved sepulch… >

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