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Sir John Marshall was a prominent British archaeologist and scholar who focused on the archaeology India and the Indus Valley site - Mohenjo-daro.

Building, Block 22

Mackay continues about the building in Block 22 (p. 153): "There are, for instance, two footings, each about 6 ins. Wide, along the southern side of room 3, the lower one 8.3 ft. and the other 6.2 ft. below datum, with a doorway above them at the… >

Statuette of grey stone from Harappa 2

[Original 1931 text] "And now we come to two small statuettes which are more surprising even than the masterly engraving of the bull . . . .. When I first saw them I found it difficult to believe that they were prehistoric; they seemed to so complet… >

Brahmani Bull (Bos indicus) Seals

[Original 1931 text] We have certain proof in Nos 327-40 and Possibly No. 542, that this type of bull was known in India in very early times. The characteristic hump on the shoulders allows of no doubt whatsoever. Fortunately the majority of seals o… >

Indus Interior

Mackay speculates on the owner of this building in Block 22, which may have looked something like this sketch by him of another Indus home (p. 154): I am inclined to think that this building was the house of some rich personage, for it is ver… >

A typical burial in the second stratum of Cemetery at Harappa

[Original 1931 text] "At Harappa several examples of this mode of sepulture [complete inhumation], which are unquestionably orthodox, have already been expposed in the lower stratum of Cemetery H, and more are likely to come to view as the excavatio… >

Rhinoceros (R. unirornis) Seals

[Original 1931 text] This animal also rarely appears on the seals, Nos. 341-7 being the only examples that we have as yet. In every case it is the single horned animal that is represented, probably the great Indian rhinoceros which was formerly foun… >

Indus House Sketch

This sketch was made by Mackay of House VIII, A section in the H.R. area of Mohenjo-daro. >

Deep cutting near north-west corner of monastery, showing pavement of seventh stratum

[Original 1931 text] "To have cleared these remains completely or even to the extent of recovering the main lines of their plans would have meant dismantling the Buddhist buildings above them, and, as ther were obvious objections to removing such in… >

Back of Seal

Mackay continues (p. 377 in Marshall 1931): "The boss was then carefully rounded off after the groove that always runs across its centre had been roughly made by a V-shaped cut. The rounding of the boss was apparently done with a knife and finish… >

Street between Blocks 1 and 2 in SD Area, looking north

Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931). >

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