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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

Painted Red-Slip Pottery, Mohenjo-daro [172]

  • Painted Red-Slip Pottery, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known Painted Pottery, red slip with black painted design. 1 2 3 [bottom right] on back going down No. 172 also 1187 penciled in back >

Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [25]

  • Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast

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 Mohenj… >

Mohenjo-daro Upper Part of Podium of Great Granary

"Mohenjo-daro Upper Part of Podium of Great Granary as seen from the loading platform showing late walls (on earthen supports built when the ground-level had risen to the top of the podium (excavated 1950) (p. 127)." Wheeler caption >

Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations [1176]*

  • Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations [1176]

REM Granary View looking south along the western edge of the REM Granary excavations. Multiple rooms were exposed erodiing from this part of the mound. They would have been aligned along a large north-south street and drain that was revealed duri… >

Mohenjo-daro Collapsed Brick Wall [99]

  • Mohenjo-daro Collapsed Brick Wall

Area not known This excavated area shows a collapsed brick wall consisting of around 15 courses of bricks that has slumped into an open area. The thickness of each brick is approximately 6.5 to 7 cm and would indicate that the wall was originally… >

Pottery with Painted Design, Mohenjo-daro [170]

  • Pottery with Painted Design, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known Painted Pottery, red slip with black painted design. 1 [top left] 2 3 4 5 6 left to right. No. 170 >

Granary Edge and Great Bath Drain, Mohenjo-daro [153]

  • Granary Edge and Great Bath Drain, Mohenjo-daro

REM Granary The edge of the "granary" structure was damaged by the ancient construction of the drain for the Great Bath that is seen at the left edge of the photo. This feature indicates that the drain was constructed after this part of the "gra… >

Mohenjo-daro: Citadel from the South east, with Buddhist stupa

Mohenjo-daro: citadel from the south east, with Buddhist stupa (p. 38). A close modern photograph of the Stupa Mound, 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… >

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