Mortimer Wheeler

Slides by Sir Mortimer Wheeler on the culture, history and archaeology of the ancient Indus Valley civilization and the site of Mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [25]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Overview of the exacavations in progress at the southeast corner of the citadel mound. This area revealed a series of rooms and a small gateway that Wheeler identified as a postern gate (see 26Q). Look at Mohenjo-daro

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Wheeler Photo Directions, Mohenjo-daro 1950

Annotated by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

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Pottery Cache (Group B) in a Post-towers Context (Context D) of the Citadel Fortifications [24]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Upper levels of fill with lots of broken pottery in a room made of fired brick walls.

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [117] (26Q?)

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Overview of excavated remains of the so-called city wall and gateway at the southeast edge of the citadel mound at Mohenjodaro.

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [33]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Excavations of the gateway area viewed from the southeast, looking northwest. The brick walls and rooms are visible just below the surface of the mound. No. 33

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway [110]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Room associated with the massive fired brick walls at the southeastern corner of the Citadel Mound. Wheeler identified this structure as a fortification wall and postern gate. No. 110 also 1114 pencilled in back

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [112]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Excavations of the gateway area viewed from the southeast, looking northwest. The brick walls and rooms have been fully exposed. See slide 26Q for a view from the north. No. 112

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Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [117]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Overview of excavated remains of the so-called city wall and gateway at the southeast edge of the citadel mound at Mohenjo-daro.

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Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro [16]

Area not known This photo shows a small fired brick platform made with a layer of bricks on edge covered by two courses of bricks laid flat. In the background is a mudbrick platform.

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Aerial View of Mohenjo-daro [107A]

Aerial View from South Early Aerial view of the Citadel Mound at Mohenjo-daro (looking south), showing the excavations in SD area prior to the work conducted by Wheeler in 1950. A path and stairs lead from the musum campus area to the stupa on the

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Mortimer Wheeler

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [25]

Wheeler Photo Directions, Mohenjo-daro 1950

Pottery Cache (Group B) in a Post-towers Context (Context D) of the Citadel Fortifications [24]

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [117] (26Q?)

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [33]

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway [110]

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [112]

Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [117]

Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro [16]

Aerial View of Mohenjo-daro [107A]

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