Harappa

Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.

Periods I-V Stratigraphic Cross-Section

Period IV-V 1900-1700 B.C. Period IIIBC 2450-1900 B.C. Period IIIA 2600-2450 B.C. Period II 2800-2600 B.C. Period I 3300-2800 B.C. Pre-Occupation before 3300 B.C. The purpose of this continuing research is to develop a system

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Bangles

POSSIBLY WORN ON THE WRISTS OF PREHISTORIC INDIAN BEAUTIES SOME THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO: BANGLES (ABOUT 3 1/2 IN. ACROSS) OF BLUE GLASS PASTE, FOUND AT HARAPPA

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Pit Containing Well

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Possibly the “narrow well” with the “steaning wall” only 11 inches thick, in Mound F trench A (e), which Sahni reported from the lowest excavated strata, and which he inferred was connected to the “reservoir” excavated in 1923-24: “In mound F which

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Master Potter

Mohammad Nawaz, master potter from Harappa, demonstrates how fish scale and intersecting circle motifs may have been painted onto Harappan pottery.

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"Granary" or Mound F Rooms, Harappa

Individual rooms are 15 by 6 meters long, and have sleeper walls for airspace between them. At each end of the rooms are three raised platforms.

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the original forms of the baked brick walls and hollow buttresses of the "granary"

After clearing the overlying silt, the original forms of the baked brick walls and hollow buttresses of the "granary" could be made out.

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Neck of Large Jar

Neck of clay jar with painted patterns, Image one

3392, 3407

There are two photographs of the painted neck of an oval jar (A442) discovered in Mound F. They are taken from slightly different angles to capture details of the rim, curvature and the painted motifs.

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Top of a Colossal Clay Jar

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Whether or not this was one of the first objects discovered in Trench A, given the catalogue number 2, is unclear, but it was unusual to Daya Ram Sahni who said he had not seen something of the sort before, with an opening over a foot across.

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Pottery bat with inscriptions

This pottery bat from Trench 54 at Harappa has pre-firing inscription on the underside, inside a ring base that would have allowed the bat to be centered snugly on top of the wooden head of a potter's wheel (H2000-5050/2102-1811)

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Two female figurines with other head decor from Harappa

Both male and female figurines may have hair swept around the top of the head, to the side, or to the front. Some female figurines also have a somewhat simple flaring headdress with an attached headband. Approximate dimensions (W x H x D): 2.9 x 7.1

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