Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • home
  • slides
  • essays
  • articles
  • books
  • video
  • q & a
  • blog
Secondary menu
  • about us
    • scholars
    • privacy
    • support
    • image rights
    • credits
    • contact us
  • resources

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 REM Granary Excavations [1175]

  • Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations

REM Granary The western edge of the REM Granary excavations reveal a mass of fired brick that appears to be a single building phase, but is in fact multiple constructions. No. 1175 "1175 161?" penciled in back >

Mohenjo-daro Granary Platform [88D]

  • Mohenjo-daro Granary Platform

REM Granary Looking to the northwest along the edge of the slope where small rooms and a massive platform made of fired brick was exposed. This platform was interpreted as part of a loading dock area for the so-called "granary". The small walls a… >

Painted Vessel Fragment, Mohenjo-daro [101]

  • Painted Vessel Fragment, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known This painted vessel fragment has a unique polychromatic painting and appears to be the base of a short pedestalled vessel. No. 101 also 1113 [actually 11113 may be a mistake] penciled in back >

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

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

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Upper levels of fill with lots of broken pottery in a room made of fired brick walls. Wheeler identified the pottery as "Group B" and dated the room to the period after the construction and use of the towers of wha… >

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast Corner

Not well-identified, this image seems to have been made on the south-east corner of what Wheeler called the Citadel Tower. >

Mohenjo-daro Ringstones and Smaller Stone Objects [119]

  • Mohenjo-daro Ringstones and Smaller Stone Objects

Area not known This excavation area is extremely important because it shows the discovery of broken ringstones that were used at the base or capital of large wooden columns, as well as three smaller stone objects with three holes drilled through … >

Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro [70]

  • Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro

SD area - Southeast Stupa and Indus period structures (looking north) from walkway between SD and L Areas. The structural remains on the right belong to the Indus period and are built on a sloping area between SD and L areas. The later Buddhist … >

Stone and Terracotta Beads, Mohenjo-daro [1212]

  • Stone and Terracotta Beads, Mohenjo-daro

Area Not known A collection of stone and terracotta beads from the excavations of Wheeler 1950. The top row (from left to right) has two bleached carnelian beads, followed by banded agate and possibly soft stone beads. The second row includes one… >

Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro [16]

  • Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro

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. The section profile on the left shows a layer of debris on top … >

Mohenjo-daro Parapet Walk

Mohenjo-daro parapet walk between two of the towers at the south-eastern corner of the citadel (p. 49). >

Pagination

  • First page
  • Previous page
  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Next page
  • Last page
© Harappa.com 1995-2026 31