Faience Tablet and Button Seals
"In order to trace some more walls of the two blocks of the Great Granary Mr. Sahni made a few stray extensions about the centre of Trench A both towards the east and west.
Mound AB General View from the North
Next to the excavations on Trench A, Mound F, in 1921 Sahni also cut into Mound AB, under the remnants of a mosque that once stood on top of the mound and the tomb of a holy man which still stands and is visited today.
"Of the mound marked A, B, C in
Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals
These three seals all have the same unicorn animal motif and a ritual container placed below the head of the animal. The script location and carving styles indicate that the seals belong to different time periods.
Mound AB Northeast Before Excavation
"The mounds at Harappa are a prominent landmark in the countryside visible long distances away. They were visited by Masson in 1826, by Burnes five years later, and by General Cunningham twice in 1853 and 1856. Burnes estimated the extent of the
Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals
Seals are numbered left to right.
Seal 1: [no description found]
Seal 2: A263, Mound F, north-western end of Trench A
"Westward along the north-western end of Trench A Mr. Sahni made another extension. It is 90 ft.
Harappa Mound AB Under Excavation
"The excavation of the mounds F and A and B was commenced in the beginning, of January 1921, and continued up to the middle of February. The operations were carried on under my personal supervision . . ." wrote Sahni (p.
Three Inscribed Seals
The central unicorn seal is the same as the one pictured earlier. The rectangular seal fragment on the left is a style of seal without any animal motif and starts to be found at Harappa starting around 2450-2200 BCE (Harappa Period 3B) and 2200-1900
West of Naugaza Tomb after Excavations
"My operations did, indeed, reveal portions of a large brick building, but unfortunately they were found to have been so badly hacked about by brick diggers that it is well nigh impossible to determine its real nature or date, Plate VIII, Photo.
Steatite and Faience Seals and Tablets
The seals are numbered 1-7 from top left to bottom right.
Seal 1: Mound A-B
Sahni writes:
"The seventh stratum will probably be found to be occupied by a building of considerable magnitude though so far only a portion of its floor has been exposed.
Miniature Undulating Ring Similar to Large Ones
"Most of these fragments were, however, easily identified as parts of the undulating rings, three complete specimens of which are lying on the site.