Daya Ram Sahni

General view of Harappa Mound F from S.W. before excavation

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"Mound F is the northernmost mound on the site, and measures roughly 780' from north to south by 970', from east to west. At the time of General Cunningham’s visit the height of this mound was 2.5 to 30 feet above the surrounding land, and it is still about the same."

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General View of Mound F from SE before excavation

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"The mound was covered with potsherds and brick bats, but no brick foundations were visible anywhere that might have served as a starting point." - Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey [of India], Hindu and Buddhist

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Pot insitu filled with Bones

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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 noted that the

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Harappa Fragmentary Brick Structure and Map

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"It was therefore decided to carry a trench wide and long enough to lay bare the general lie of the remains hidden in it. A plan and section of this trench will be published in a special article and will show the nature of the structural remains exposed."

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Trench A Excavations from Southwest

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"In January 1921, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni sank in the north-western part of this mound the diagonal Trench A, 16 ft. wide and 500 ft.

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Harappa Pit III after Excavations, from N.W.

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Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate XXXIV (d). Title: ‘Pit III Fragmentary Remains, from North-West’. Of Pit III in Mound AB Sahni noted: “Four large pits, each 50' square, were sunk simultaneously in a line in the southern portion of mound B.

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Large Earthen Chati unearthed in Long Trench in Mound F

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"It was at this point that the large earthen jar (No. A 233 of the list and photo. No. 2741) came to light. The contents of this vessel were a number of domestic earthenware utensils, a stone chess figure, etc." - Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress

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Trench A Excavations Harappa from SW

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"In January 1921, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni sank in the north-western part of this mound the diagonal Trench A, 16 ft. wide and 500 ft.

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Block of Parallel walls

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Parallel walls find mention in two places in the Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India 1924-25 (published 1927) [hereafter ARASI 1924-25]. Sahni: “During the season 1924-25 excavations were continued at the low mound Northern F in

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Harappa Pit IV Excavated Structures

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Pit IV showing excavated structures from N.W. Possibly of this structure after its excavation, Sahni reported that the “fourth or the northernmost pit revealed the remains of several structures, the best preserved one of which is a rectangular cell

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