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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 Granary Room [95]

  •  Mohenjo-daro Granary Room

REM Granary Overview of a small room and passage way with sockets for holding vertical wooden beams. The beams were wedged in with smaller brick fragments to holt them tightly in the sockets. No. 95 also 1105 pencilled in >

View from Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro [69]

  • View from Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro

Stupa View east from stupa courtyard on citadel mound looking towards VS area of Lower Town and Indus River in the background. No. 69 >

Pottery Sherds, Mohenjo-daro [145]

  • Pottery Sherds, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known Pottery sherds illustrating different types of surface decoration. One sherd of a distinctive Indus bowl has a molded Indus script on the exterior of the base. Two dish on stand plates are decorated with impressed designs using mar… >

Wheeler's List 1 Plates [88-103]

  • Wheeler's List 1 Plates

Mohenjo-daro Museum [77]

  • Mohenjo-daro Museum

Museum Campus Traditional Sindhi oxcarts were used to transport crates of pottery and artifacts to Dokri Train station where they were loaded onto a train for transport to Karachi or Lahore. No.77 >

Perforated Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro [160A]

  • Perforated Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known Perforated stone objects. The precise function of these stone objects is not known, but they may have been used to hold wooden beams that were held in place with three small dowels. They may have been used as a locking mechanism or… >

Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [6]

  • Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [6]

REM Granary Looking north along the western edge of the Granary excavations. A large storage vessel crushed by the weight of the overlying sediments is visible at the edge of a small wall. The fired brick wall on the right shows multiple building… >

Plan of the Granary, Mohenjo-daro

  • Plan of the Granary, Mohenjo-daro

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

  • Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro

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. This structure was interpreted as a postern gate, with associated rooms and massive f… >

Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [122 A]

  • Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro

REM Granary Western edge of the Citadel mound to the south of the granary with multiple rooms of houses located along east-west street. The stupa is seen in the background. No. 122A >

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