Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

Slides on the archaeology and excavation of ancient Indus Valley sites including Harappa by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inscribed objects

A collection of inscribed objects found along the main street leading to the southern gateway of Mound E at Harappa. The fragmentary seal on the left is the earliest seal found to date, and depicts a bovine carved in a very archaic style.

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Great Bath, SD Area

The floor slopes down to the southwest corner where a small outlet (top right) leads to a brick drain, which takes the water to the edge of the mound.

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Seals & tablets

A collection of seals and tablets from a single house along the main street leading to the southern gateway of Mound E at Harappa.

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Corbelled Drain exiting the Great Bath

This drain cuts through the edge of the so-called granary. If the entire drain were constructed along with the Great Bath, this feature would indicate that the original "granary" was built before the great bath.

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Seals and sealing

Long rectangular seals and a terra cotta sealing (bottom) with Indus script. The top seal has seven signs of Indus script. The back of this seal is convex and it is perforated from the side.

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Looking out from inside the drain

The corbelled arch drain from the great bath is large enough to walk into. It has a small ledge on either side of the actual drain channel.

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Seal, Mohenjo-daro

Terracotta sealing from Mohenjo-daro depicting a collection of animals and some script symbols. This sealing may have been used in specific rituals as a narrative token that tells the story of an important myth.

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L Area as seen from the Stupa Mound

Standing on the edge of the mud brick drum of the Buddhist Stupa, one looks south to L Area. The courtyard of the stupa has cells of the associated monastery, and below these are Indus buildings.

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L Area

Some buildings in L area are constructed on top of a massive mud brick platform that can be seen here as grey-olive mud brick below the eroding red fired bricks.

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Pillared Hall, L Area

The pillared hall was approximately 27.5 meters square (90 feet square) with twenty square brick pillars arranged in four rows, only two of which are still preserved.

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