Molded faience tablet
Fan-shaped molded faience tablet found on the eroded slope south of the Trench 54 South workshop. It was probably made using the steatite mold found in the workshop (Slide 64).
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Faience tablet
Faience tablet (H2001-5082/2920-02) made from two colors of faience was found eroding from the Trench 54 South workshop area.
Pipal leaf impression
The impressions of a pipal leaf found in the upper clay levels of the drain (shown here with a modern pipal leaf) indicate that what many think was a sacred tree even at that time was growing in the ancient city of Harappa.
Harappa Site Map
This map of Harappa was published by Madho Sarup Vats in his 1941 monograph on Harappa Excavations at Harappa: Being an account of archaeological excavations at Harappa carried out between the years 1920-21 and 1933-34. Volume I - Text; Volume II -
General view of Harappa Mound F from S.W. before excavation
"Mound F is the northernmost mound on the site, and measures roughly 780' from north to south by 970', from east to west. At the time of General Cunningham’s visit the height of this mound was 2.5 to 30 feet above the surrounding land, and it is still about the same."
Mound F
Mound F, which Sahni for a while called the "Parallel Walls" area and was later called by Sir John Marshall and others the "Granary" although this is not widely accepted anymore.
The second slide above shows Mound F in the context of the old bed of
The Prehistoric Site of Harappa
"As already stated, the principal mounds form a rough parallelogram. designated AB, E, and the one occupied by the present town are higher and larger than Mounds F, D and the Thana Mound."
Harappa Comparative Chronology (1940)
Mound/Area
Period
Strata
Date
Late I
Late II
Late III
Ist to IIIrd
Circa 2750 B.C. to 3050 B.C.
Intermediate I
Intermediate II
Intermediate III
Intermediate IV
IVth to VIIth
Circa 3050 B.C. to 3500 B.C.
Early I
VIIIth
First half of the
Changing Settlement at Harappa
The earliest settlement, during Period 1 (c. 3300-2800 BC), was on the west side of Mound AB and NW corner of Mound E. During Period 2 (c. 2800-2600 BC) all of Mounds AB and E came to be occupied, and by the end of Period 3 (c.
A group of terracotta figurines from Harappa
After many decades of research, the Indus Civilization is still something of an enigma -- an ancient civilization with a writing system that still awaits convincing decipherment, monumental architecture whose function still eludes us, no monumental