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Daya Ram Sahni

Two Earthenware Inkpots and Lota

Daya Ram Sahni found objects he quickly called "inkpot[s] of the shape used in old type Pathsalaif and maktabs to this day" (p. 13). One of these was found in Trench C – "No. C. 2 has three holes in the mouth for the string" (p. 13… >

Three Harappan Seals

Two seals with unicorn. Third seal, missing lower half, with the humped bull. >

Earthen Jar Trench A (e) from East

A globular jar; tied with a rope to keep the sherds in place. >

Earthen Jar Excavations

Earthen jar found in Trench A (f). The description of the duplicate photo 40: Large earthen jar (A) of 21 found in western portion of Tr. A (f). The contents of a large and broken jar comprise small terracotta vessels, of which two look, more … >

Earthen Jar near Bricks

Earthen jar, A (a) in trench A (a) “near the platform of chiselled bricks.” Remains of a jar, crushed, or broken, with field number P IV 95. The field number of jar suggests that this was from Pit IV, which is on Mound AB. However, Sahni excav… >

Neck of Large Jar

  • Neck of clay jar with painted patterns, Image one

There are two photographs of the painted neck of an oval jar (A442) discovered in Mound F. They are taken from slightly different angles to capture details of the rim, curvature and the painted motifs. These details would be valuable as the archaeol… >

Mound AB Naugaza Mound

  • Top of Mound A-B

"In the northern portion of this mound, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni excavated a considerable area (B) in the years 1920-21, 1923-24 and 1924-25. He began by sinking a trial trench 55 ft. long by 20 ft. wide, a little to the west of and parallel to th… >

Two Stone Pieces

Two large stone pieces. Both smooth, with traces of worked surface. Possibly the two blocks of grey and red sandstone marked B.1514 and B.1515 from Mound B, in the stratum with “a large collection of animal bones” (ref: photo No. 31, ARASI 1924-… >

Figurines and Two-headed Lion Harappa

Two terracotta male figurines, nude. Left: Male figurine, nude, published in Vats 1940 (Vo. II), no. 21. Find no. A. 19, 1.7 in high “found at a depth of 2 ft. 6 in. b.s., in Mound F, Great Granary Area, Stratum I” (Vats 1940, p. 296) Vats… >

Large Earthen Chati unearthed in Long Trench in Mound F

"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 Prog… >

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